Installation on Win32

Message-ID: <20030809013550.GS1587@windhund.schwern.org>

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diff --git a/pod/perlmodinstall.pod b/pod/perlmodinstall.pod
index 7e6a917..d0e91f6 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlmodinstall.pod
+++ b/pod/perlmodinstall.pod
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ C. BUILD
 Go into the newly-created directory and type:
 
       perl Makefile.PL
-      make
       make test
 
 or
@@ -138,19 +137,30 @@ If you used WinZip, this was already done for you.
 
    C. BUILD
 
-Does the module require compilation (i.e. does it have files that end
-in .xs, .c, .h, .y, .cc, .cxx, or .C)?  If it doesn't, go to INSTALL.
-If it does, life is now officially tough for you, because you have to
-compile the module yourself -- no easy feat on Windows.  You'll need
-the C<nmake> utility, available at
+You'll need the C<nmake> utility, available at
 ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/nmake15.exe
+or dmake, available on CPAN.
+http://search.cpan.org/dist/dmake/
+
+Does the module require compilation (i.e. does it have files that end
+in .xs, .c, .h, .y, .cc, .cxx, or .C)?  If it does, life is now
+officially tough for you, because you have to compile the module
+yourself -- no easy feat on Windows.  You'll need a compiler such as
+Visual C++.  Alternatively, you can download a pre-built PPM package
+from ActiveState.
+http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/PPM/
+
+Go into the newly-created directory and type:
+
+      perl Makefile.PL
+      nmake test
+
 
    D. INSTALL
 
-Copy the module into your Perl's I<lib> directory.  That'll be one
-of the directories you see when you type
+While still in that directory, type:
 
-   perl -e 'print "@INC"'
+      nmake install
 
 =item *
 
@@ -253,7 +263,6 @@ See above.
 Go into the newly-created directory and type:
 
       perl Makefile.PL
-      make
       make test
 
 You will need the packages mentioned in F<README.dos>
@@ -328,7 +337,6 @@ the DESCRIP.MMS for the module:
 
 Now you're ready to build:
 
-    mms
     mms test
 
 Substitute C<mmk> for C<mms> above if you're using MMK.
@@ -425,7 +433,7 @@ familiar with Perl on your operating system.
 
 Jon Orwant
 
-orwant@tpj.com
+orwant@oreilly.com
 
 The Perl Journal, http://tpj.com
 
@@ -439,7 +447,7 @@ First version July 22, 1998; last revised November 21, 2001.
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright (C) 1998, 2002 Jon Orwant.  All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright (C) 1998, 2002, 2003 Jon Orwant.  All Rights Reserved.
 
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
 documentation provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are