Macperl 5.6 Readme

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION System Requirements Distribution Installing Online Help Mac::Glue Mailing list Building CONTACT CREDITS DATE NAME MacPerl Readme SYNOPSIS Welcome to MacPerl, the application that implements perl, the programming language and environment, on Mac OS (Classic). If you are running perl under Mac OS X, you don't want to be here (unless you are in the Classic environment under Mac OS X). DESCRIPTION Please read the READMEs that come with MacPerl, but ignore the installation instructions presented in the main README; they do not apply to the Mac OS port of perl. Read macperldelta for changes since MacPerl 5.2.0r4. System Requirements MacPerl 5.6 requires Mac OS 8.1 or above, either 68040 or PowerPC, and 12MB RAM. 64MB or more RAM is recommended for using certain modules and programs. CarbonLib 1.0.4 or greater is also required. Mac OS 8.1 also requires the Navigation extension, included with CarbonLib 1.0.4. All versions of CarbonLib may be downloaded from Apple for free. <URL:ftp://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/ English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Other_System/> <URL:http://www.info.apple.com/support/downloads.html>; You may also wish to increase MacPerl's memory allocation to as much as 30MB, 60MB, or more, depending on what you're using it for. For using just the MPW tool, Mac OS 7.5.5 and 68030 should be sufficient, though some of the Mac:: modules might not work. Distribution MacPerl can always be obtained from the following locations, among others: http://dev.macperl.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ports/mac/ ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/ports/mac/ MacPerl is avaiable on all the CPAN sites. Find the CPAN mirror near you: http://mirror.cpan.org/ MacPerl is distributed in two forms: a web installer (about 400K) and a full installer (around 20MB). The web installer is recommended, as it only downloads the components you need. MacPerl-5.6.1r2_web.bin MacPerl-5.6.1r2_full.bin ^ ^^ ^ ^ | || | MacBinary Suffix ("bin") | || Distribution Component (web", "full") | |Build Number ("1") | Type ("d"evelopment, "a"lpha, "b"eta, "r"elease) Perl Version ("5.6.1") Both the web and full installers are self-updating as new versions of MacPerl are released; they will fetch and install only changed files, so you don't need to download everything anew. Note: Some beta versions of the full installer were not self-updating; please download a new installer. Installing MacPerl is installed by running the installer, selecting an option, and then setting up the Online Help as described below. To install the MPW perl tool, additionally follow the instructions in Install.MPW_Perl. The following installation options are available: Easy Install / Basic Install This installs the application (for your platform), the documentation, and the library.…