Installation of ARSperl

  1. Download the distribution (also available via ftp)
  2. Unpack (requires gzip and tar on Unix or WinZip under Windows)
  3. Edit the Makefile.PL and follow the brief instructions contained in it.
  4. Type "perl Makefile.PL"
  5. Type "make"
  6. Type "make install" (may require special permission). This will install the perl extension into the perl lib directory (typically, /usr/local/lib/perl5)
  7. Try one of the example scripts.

Notes

HPUX users will need to compile the extension statically into the Perl binary. See the ARSperl FAQ section for details.

Windows NT users can use the binary kit available by following the lines in step 1, above, instead of compiling it.


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