arclog Installation Guide

* Table of Contents

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


* System Requirements

   1. Perl, version 5.8.0 or above.  arclog uses 3-argument open() to
duplicate filehandles, which is only supported since 5.8.0.  I have
not successfully port this onto earlier versions yet.  Please tell me
if you made it.  You can run perl -v to see your current Perl version.
If you don't have Perl, 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: None.

   3. Optional Perl Modules

    * File::MMagic

          This is used to check the file type.  If this is not
      available, arclog will look for the file executable instead.
      If that is not available, too, arclog will judge the file type
      by its name suffix (extension).  In that case arclog will fail
      when reading from STDIN.  MS-Windows users can get file.exe from
      the GnuWin32 home page instead:
      http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/.  Be sure to save it as
      file.exe somewhere in your PATH.

    * Compress::Zlib

          This is used to support read/write of gzip compressed files.
      It is only needed when gzip compressed files are encountered.
      If it is not available when needed, arclog will try to use the
      gzip executable instead.  If that is not available, too, arclog
      will fail.  ActivePerl MS-Windows users can install this using
      "ppm install Compress::Zlib", or get gzip.exe from the gzip home
      page: http://www.gzip.org/.  Be sure to save it as gzip.exe
      somewhere in your PATH.

    * Compress::Bzip2, version 2 or above

          This is used to support read/write of bzip2 compressed
      files.  It is only needed when bzip2 compressed files are
      encountered.  If it is not available when needed, arclog will
      try to use the bzip2 executable instead.  If that is not
      available, too, arclog will fail.  Notice that older versions
      before 2 does not work, since file I/O compression were not
      implemented yet.  ActivePerl MS-Windows does not have
      Compress::Bzip2 in their PPM deposit yet, at the time I'm
      writing this.  You can get bzip.exe from the bzip home page
      instead: http://www.bzip.org/.  Be sure to save it as bzip2.exe
      somewhere in your PATH.

    * Term::ReadKey

          This is used to display the progress bar.  Without this
      arclog won't display the progress bar, but nothing else is
      different.  The progress bar is a good visual representation of
      what arclog is currently doing.

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


* Installation Instruction

    If you are upgrading from arclog.pl 2.1.1dev4 or earlier, please
read UPGRADE for some upgrade instruction.

** Install with ExtUtils::MakeMaker

    arclog 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/
