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@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
<section id="modules-manual-instructions">
<title>Instructions</title>
- <para>If you need to install Perl modules manually, here's how it's done.
- Download the module using the link given in the next section, and then
- apply this magic incantation, as root:
+ <para>
+ If you need to install Perl modules manually, here's how it's done.
+ Download the module using the link given in the next section, and then
+ apply this magic incantation, as root:
</para>
<para>
@@ -17,127 +18,188 @@
<prompt>bash#</prompt> make test
<prompt>bash#</prompt> make install</screen>
</para>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ In order to compile source code under Windows you will need to obtain
+ a 'make' utility. The <command>nmake</command> utility provided with
+ Microsoft Visual C++ may be used. As an alternative, there is a
+ utility called <command>dmake</command> available from CPAN which is
+ written entirely in Perl. The majority of the links given below, however,
+ are to pre-compiled versions of the modules, which can be installed
+ on Windows simply by issuing the following command once you have
+ downloaded the PPD file (which may be packaged within a ZIP file):
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <screen>
+ <prompt>&gt;</prompt> ppm install &lt;filename.ppd&gt;
+ </screen>
+ </para>
+ </note>
</section>
<section id="modules-manual-download">
<title>Download Locations</title>
- <para>Note: some modules are in the core distribution of
- ActiveState Perl for Windows. Others are not available.
- No PPM links have been provided in either of these two cases.
+ <para>
+ <note>
+ Running Bugzilla on Windows requires the use of ActiveState
+ Perl 5.8.1 or higher. Some modules already exist in the core
+ distribution of ActiveState Perl so no PPM link is given.
+ (This is noted where it occurs.)
+ </note>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ AppConfig:
+ <literallayout>
+ CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/src/ABW/AppConfig-1.56/lib/AppConfig.pm"/>
+ PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/AppConfig.ppd"/>
+ Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/~abw/AppConfig-1.56/lib/AppConfig.pm"/>
+ </literallayout>
</para>
- <para>CGI:
+ <para>
+ CGI:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/CGI.pm/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/CGI.zip"/>
+ PPM Download Link: Part of core distribution.
Documentation: <ulink url="http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/CGI.html"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
- <para>TimeDate:
+ <para>
+ Data-Dumper:
+ <literallayout>
+ CPAN Download Page: <ulink url=http://search.cpan.org/src/ILYAM/Data-Dumper-2.121/Dumper.pm"/>
+ PPM Download Page: Part of core distribution.
+ Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/~ilyam/Data-Dumper-2.121/Dumper.pm"/>
+ </literallayout>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Date::Format (part of TimeDate):
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/TimeDate/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/TimeDate.zip"/>
+ PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/TimeDate.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/TimeDate/lib/Date/Format.pm"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
- <para>DBI:
+ <para>
+ DBI:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBI/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/DBI.zip"/>
+ PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/DBI.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://dbi.perl.org/docs/"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
- <para>DBD::mysql:
+ <para>
+ DBD::mysql:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-mysql/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/DBD-Mysql.zip"/>
+ PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/DBD-mysql.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-mysql/lib/DBD/mysql.pm"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
- <para>File::Spec:
+ <para>
+ File::Spec:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-Spec/"/>
- PPM Download Page: <ulink url="http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/File-Spec.zip"/>
+ PPM Download Page: Part of core distribution.
Documentation: <ulink url="http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/File/Spec.html"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
- <para>File::Temp:
+ <para>
+ File::Temp:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-Temp/"/>
+ PPM Download Page: Part of core distribution.
Documentation: <ulink url="http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/File/Temp.html"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
- <para>Template Toolkit:
+ <para>
+ Template-Toolkit:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Template-Toolkit/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://openinteract.sourceforge.net/ppmpackages/5.6/Template-Toolkit.tar.gz"/>
+ PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/Template-Toolkit.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://www.template-toolkit.org/docs.html"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
- <para>Text::Wrap:
+ <para>
+ Text::Wrap:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-Tabs+Wrap/"/>
+ PPM Download Link: Part of core distribution.
Documentation: <ulink url="http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/Text/Wrap.html"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
- <para>GD:
+ <para>
+ GD:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/GD/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/GD.zip"/>
+ PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/GD.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://stein.cshl.org/WWW/software/GD/"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
- <para>Chart::Base:
- <!-- TODO: Chart::Base doesn't seem to have any documentation -->
+ <title>Optional Modules</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Chart::Base:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Chart/"/>
+ PPM Download Page: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/Chart.ppd"/>
+ Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/src/CHARTGRP/Chart-2.3/doc/Documentation.pdf"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
- <para>GD::Graph:
+ <para>
+ GD::Graph:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDGraph/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/GDGraph.zip"/>
+ PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/GDGraph.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDGraph/Graph.pm"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
- <para>GD::Text::Align:
+ <para>
+ GD::Text::Align (part of GD::Text::Util):
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDTextUtil/"/>
- PPM Download Page: <ulink url="http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/GDTextUtil.zip"/>
+ PPM Download Page: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/GDTextUtil.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDTextUtil/Text/Align.pm"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
- <para>MIME::Parser:
+ <para>
+ MIME::Parser (part of MIME-tools):
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/MIME-tools/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/MIME-tools.zip"/>
+ PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/8xx-builds-only/Windows/MIME-tools-5.411a.zip"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/MIME-tools/lib/MIME/Parser.pm"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
- <para>XML::Parser:
+ <para>
+ XML::Parser:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/XML-Parser/"/>
+ PPM Download Link: Part of core distribution.
Documentation: <ulink url="http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6.1/lib/XML/Parser.html"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
- <para>PatchReader:
+ <para>
+ PatchReader:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/author/JKEISER/PatchReader/"/>
+ PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/PatchReader.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://www.johnkeiser.com/mozilla/Patch_Viewer.html"/>
</literallayout>
</para>