chklinks Installation Guide

* Table of Contents

   * System Requirements
   * Installation Instruction
     ** Install with ExtUtils::MakeMaker
     ** Install with Module::Build


* System Requirements

   1. Perl, version 5.6 or above.  I have not successfully run this
on earlier versions.  Please tell me if you can.  You can run
"perl -v" to see your current Perl version.  Perl is distributed
with most Unix now.  If not, or if you have an older version of Perl,
you can download and install/upgrade it from Perl website.

http://www.perl.com/

      If you are using MS-Windows, you can download and install
ActiveState ActivePerl.

http://www.activestate.com/

   2. Required Perl modules: URI, HTML::LinkExtor and LWP::RobotUA.
HTML::LinkExtor is part of the HTML-Parser package, and LWP::RobotUA
is part of the libwww-perl package.  You can download and install
them from the CPAN archive.

http://www.cpan.org/

      If you are installing with the CPAN or CPANPLUS shell, they
shall be automatically installed.

   3. Optional Perl modules:

    * Crypt::SSLeay

          This is needed for LWP::RobotUA to support HTTPS.

      You can always search, download and install the missing Perl
  modules from the the CPAN archive.


* Installation Instruction

** Install with ExtUtils::MakeMaker

    chklinks uses standard Perl installation with ExtUtils::MakeMaker.
Follow these steps:

    % perl Makefile.PL
    % make
    % make test
    % make install

    When running make install, make sure you have the priviledge to
write to the instalation location.  This usually requires the root
priviledge.

    If you are using ActivePerl under MS-Windows, you should use
nmake instead of make. nmake can be obtained from the Microsoft FTP
site.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/nmake15.exe

    If you want to install into another location, you can set the
PREFIX.  For example, to install into your home when you are not
root:

    % perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/jessica

    Refer to the docuemntation of ExtUtils::MakeMaker for more
installation options (by running perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker).


** Install with Module::Build

    You can install with Module::Build instead, if you prefer.
Follow these steps:

    % perl Build.PL
    % ./Build
    % ./Build test
    % ./Build install

    When running ./Build install, make sure you have the priviledge to
write to the instalation location.  This usually requires the root
priviledge.

    If you want to install into another location, you can set the
--prefix.  For example, to install into your home when you are not
root:

    % perl Build.PL --prefix=/home/jessica

    Refer to the docuemntation of Module::Build for more
installation options (by running perldoc Module::Build).


imacat
2007-11-26
imacat@mail.imacat.idv.tw
http://www.imacat.idv.tw/
