increment $VERSION after 0.31 release

[p5sagit/Try-Tiny.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ Alternatively, if your CPAN shell is set up, you should just be able to do:
 
 ## Manual installation
 
-As a last resort, you can manually install it. Download the tarball, untar it,
-then build it:
+As a last resort, you can manually install it. If you have not already
+downloaded the release tarball, you can find the download link on the module's
+MetaCPAN page: https://metacpan.org/pod/Try::Tiny
+
+Untar the tarball, install configure prerequisites (see below), then build it:
 
     % perl Makefile.PL
     % make && make test
@@ -31,13 +34,42 @@ Then install it:
 
     % make install
 
+On Windows platforms, you should use `dmake` or `nmake`, instead of `make`.
+
 If your perl is system-managed, you can create a local::lib in your home
 directory to install modules to. For details, see the local::lib documentation:
 https://metacpan.org/pod/local::lib
 
+The prerequisites of this distribution will also have to be installed manually. The
+prerequisites are listed in one of the files: `MYMETA.yml` or `MYMETA.json` generated
+by running the manual build process described above.
+
+## Configure Prerequisites
+
+This distribution requires other modules to be installed before this
+distribution's installer can be run.  They can be found under the
+"configure_requires" key of META.yml or the
+"{prereqs}{configure}{requires}" key of META.json.
+
+## Other Prerequisites
+
+This distribution may require additional modules to be installed after running
+Makefile.PL.
+Look for prerequisites in the following phases:
+
+* to run make, PHASE = build
+* to use the module code itself, PHASE = runtime
+* to run tests, PHASE = test
+
+They can all be found in the "PHASE_requires" key of MYMETA.yml or the
+"{prereqs}{PHASE}{requires}" key of MYMETA.json.
+
 ## Documentation
 
 Try-Tiny documentation is available as POD.
-You can run perldoc from a shell to read the documentation:
+You can run `perldoc` from a shell to read the documentation:
 
     % perldoc Try::Tiny
+
+For more information on installing Perl modules via CPAN, please see:
+https://www.cpan.org/modules/INSTALL.html