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authorFrédéric Buclin <LpSolit@gmail.com>2010-07-15 13:03:22 +0200
committerFrédéric Buclin <LpSolit@gmail.com>2010-07-15 13:03:22 +0200
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Bug 455585: Installation docs should recommend using package management instead of CPAN
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</para>
<para>
- The preferred way of installing Perl modules is to use the
- <filename>install-module.pl</filename> script on Unix,
- or PPM on Windows (see <xref linkend="win32-perl-modules"/>). If for
- some reason you need to install the Perl modules manually, see
- <xref linkend="install-perlmodules-manual"/>. For instance, on Unix:
+ The preferred way to install missing Perl modules is to use the package
+ manager provided by your operating system (e.g <quote>rpm</quote> or
+ <quote>yum</quote> on Linux distros, or <quote>ppm</quote> on Windows
+ if using ActivePerl, see <xref linkend="win32-perl-modules"/>).
+ If some Perl modules are still missing or are too old, then we recommend
+ using the <filename>install-module.pl</filename> script (doesn't work
+ with ActivePerl on Windows). If for some reason you really need to
+ install the Perl modules manually, see
+ <xref linkend="install-perlmodules-manual"/>. For instance, on Unix,
+ you invoke <filename>install-module.pl</filename> as follows:
</para>
<screen><prompt>bash#</prompt> perl install-module.pl &lt;modulename&gt;</screen>