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8 <sect1 id="ch-tools-perl" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="perl.html"?>
11 <sect1info condition="script">
12 <productname>perl</productname>
13 <productnumber>&perl-version;</productnumber>
14 <address>&perl-url;</address>
17 <title>Perl-&perl-version;</title>
19 <indexterm zone="ch-tools-perl">
20 <primary sortas="a-Perl">Perl</primary>
21 <secondary>tools</secondary>
24 <sect2 role="package">
27 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
28 href="../chapter08/perl.xml"
29 xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>
32 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
33 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
36 <seg>&perl-tmp-sbu;</seg>
37 <seg>&perl-tmp-du;</seg>
43 <sect2 role="installation">
44 <title>Installation of Perl</title>
46 <para>Prepare Perl for compilation:</para>
48 <screen><userinput remap="configure">sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
51 <title>The meaning of the new Configure options:</title>
53 <term><parameter>-des</parameter></term>
55 <para>This is a combination of three options: -d uses defaults for
56 all items; -e ensures completion of all tasks; -s silences
57 non-essential output.</para>
63 <para>Build and install the package:</para>
65 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
67 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
71 <sect2 role="content">
74 <para>Details on this package are located in <xref linkend="contents-perl" role="."/></para>