X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/507b4ec12b740fa17e012896d1faa10147a95b62..c9faaf043f46e24bff598696e3c3504501d23e81:/INSTALL diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 45578b4..660e668 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ rely on anything more than C89. These options, and many more, are explained in further detail below. +If you're building perl from a git repository, you should also consult +the documentation in pod/perlgit.pod for information on that special +circumstance. + If you have problems, corrections, or questions, please see L<"Reporting Problems"> below. @@ -100,8 +104,9 @@ On a related issue, old modules may possibly be affected by the changes in the Perl language in the current release. Please see pod/perldelta.pod for a description of what's changed. See your installed copy of the perllocal.pod file for a (possibly incomplete) -list of locally installed modules. Also see CPAN::autobundle for one -way to make a "bundle" of your currently installed modules. +list of locally installed modules. Also see the L module's +C function for one way to make a "bundle" of your currently +installed modules. =head1 Run Configure @@ -427,7 +432,7 @@ You can elect to build a shared libperl by To build a shared libperl, the environment variable controlling shared library search (LD_LIBRARY_PATH in most systems, DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH for -NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/Darwin, LIBRARY_PATH for BeOS, LD_LIBRARY_PATH/SHLIB_PATH +NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/Darwin, LD_LIBRARY_PATH/SHLIB_PATH for HP-UX, LIBPATH for AIX, PATH for Cygwin) must be set up to include the Perl build directory because that's where the shared libperl will be created. Configure arranges makefile to have the correct shared @@ -441,7 +446,7 @@ shared library path might be required. For example, if you want to run something like the following with the newly-built but not-yet-installed ./perl: - cd t; ./perl -MTestInit misc/failing_test.t + ./perl -MTestInit t/misc/failing_test.t or @@ -530,7 +535,7 @@ The directories set up by Configure fall into three broad categories. =item Directories for the perl distribution -By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.15.1. +By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.17.11. $version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g. 5.12.3, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos, determined by Configure. The full definitions of all Configure @@ -564,16 +569,18 @@ After perl is installed, you may later wish to add modules (e.g. from CPAN) or scripts. Configure will set up the following directories to be used for installing those add-on modules and scripts. - Configure variable Default value - $siteprefixexp $prefixexp - $sitebinexp $siteprefixexp/bin - $sitescriptexp $siteprefixexp/bin - $sitelibexp $siteprefixexp/lib/perl5/site_perl/$version - $sitearchexp $siteprefixexp/lib/perl5/site_perl/$version/$archname - $siteman1direxp $siteprefixexp/man/man1 - $siteman3direxp $siteprefixexp/man/man3 - $sitehtml1direxp (none) - $sitehtml3direxp (none) + Configure Default + variable value + $siteprefixexp $prefixexp + $sitebinexp $siteprefixexp/bin + $sitescriptexp $siteprefixexp/bin + $sitelibexp $siteprefixexp/lib/perl5/site_perl/$version + $sitearchexp + $siteprefixexp/lib/perl5/site_perl/$version/$archname + $siteman1direxp $siteprefixexp/man/man1 + $siteman3direxp $siteprefixexp/man/man3 + $sitehtml1direxp (none) + $sitehtml3direxp (none) By default, ExtUtils::MakeMaker will install architecture-independent modules into $sitelib and architecture-dependent modules into $sitearch. @@ -584,49 +591,51 @@ Lastly, if you are building a binary distribution of perl for distribution, Configure can optionally set up the following directories for you to use to distribute add-on modules. - Configure variable Default value - $vendorprefixexp (none) - (The next ones are set only if vendorprefix is set.) - $vendorbinexp $vendorprefixexp/bin - $vendorscriptexp $vendorprefixexp/bin - $vendorlibexp - $vendorprefixexp/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/$version - $vendorarchexp - $vendorprefixexp/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/$version/$archname - $vendorman1direxp $vendorprefixexp/man/man1 - $vendorman3direxp $vendorprefixexp/man/man3 - $vendorhtml1direxp (none) - $vendorhtml3direxp (none) + Configure Default + variable value + $vendorprefixexp (none) + + (The next ones are set only if vendorprefix is set.) + + $vendorbinexp $vendorprefixexp/bin + $vendorscriptexp $vendorprefixexp/bin + $vendorlibexp $vendorprefixexp/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/$version + $vendorarchexp + $vendorprefixexp/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/$version/$archname + $vendorman1direxp $vendorprefixexp/man/man1 + $vendorman3direxp $vendorprefixexp/man/man3 + $vendorhtml1direxp (none) + $vendorhtml3direxp (none) These are normally empty, but may be set as needed. For example, a vendor might choose the following settings: - $prefix /usr - $siteprefix /usr/local - $vendorprefix /usr + $prefix /usr + $siteprefix /usr/local + $vendorprefix /usr This would have the effect of setting the following: - $binexp /usr/bin - $scriptdirexp /usr/bin - $privlibexp /usr/lib/perl5/$version - $archlibexp /usr/lib/perl5/$version/$archname - $man1direxp /usr/man/man1 - $man3direxp /usr/man/man3 - - $sitebinexp /usr/local/bin - $sitescriptexp /usr/local/bin - $sitelibexp /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/$version - $sitearchexp /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/$version/$archname - $siteman1direxp /usr/local/man/man1 - $siteman3direxp /usr/local/man/man3 - - $vendorbinexp /usr/bin - $vendorscriptexp /usr/bin - $vendorlibexp /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/$version - $vendorarchexp /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/$version/$archname - $vendorman1direxp /usr/man/man1 - $vendorman3direxp /usr/man/man3 + $binexp /usr/bin + $scriptdirexp /usr/bin + $privlibexp /usr/lib/perl5/$version + $archlibexp /usr/lib/perl5/$version/$archname + $man1direxp /usr/man/man1 + $man3direxp /usr/man/man3 + + $sitebinexp /usr/local/bin + $sitescriptexp /usr/local/bin + $sitelibexp /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/$version + $sitearchexp /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/$version/$archname + $siteman1direxp /usr/local/man/man1 + $siteman3direxp /usr/local/man/man3 + + $vendorbinexp /usr/bin + $vendorscriptexp /usr/bin + $vendorlibexp /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/$version + $vendorarchexp /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/$version/$archname + $vendorman1direxp /usr/man/man1 + $vendorman3direxp /usr/man/man3 Note how in this example, the vendor-supplied directories are in the /usr hierarchy, while the directories reserved for the end user are in @@ -645,7 +654,7 @@ are stored locally on your own disk and use $vendorprefix for site-specific files that are stored elsewhere on your organization's network. One way to do that would be something like - sh Configure -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local -Dvendorprefix=/usr/share/perl + sh Configure -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local -Dvendorprefix=/usr/share/perl =item otherlibdirs @@ -841,7 +850,7 @@ must contain a space separated list of directories under the site_perl directory, and has to include architecture-dependent directories separately, eg. - sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.15.1/x86_64-linux 5.14.0" ... + sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.16.0/x86_64-linux 5.16.0" ... When using the newer perl, you can add these paths again in the PERL5LIB environment variable or with perl's -I runtime option. @@ -922,12 +931,12 @@ Removes -g from optimize, and -DDEBUGGING from ccflags. If you are using a shared libperl, see the warnings about multiple versions of perl under L. -Note that a perl built with -DDEBUGGING will be bigger and will run more -slowly than a standard perl. +Note that a perl built with -DDEBUGGING will be much bigger and will run +much, much more slowly than a standard perl. =head2 DTrace support -On platforms where DTrace is available, it may be enabled by +On platforms where DTrace is available, it may be enabled by using the -Dusedtrace option to Configure. DTrace probes are available for subroutine entry (sub-entry) and subroutine exit (sub-exit). Here's a simple D script that uses them: @@ -1034,10 +1043,11 @@ BerkeleyDB shared libraries. It is possible to specify this from the command line (all on one line): - sh Configure -de \ - -Dlocincpth='/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.7/include /usr/local/include' \ - -Dloclibpth='/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.7/lib /usr/local/lib' \ - -Aldflags='-R/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.7/lib' + sh Configure -de \ + -Dlocincpth='/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.7/include \ + /usr/local/include' \ + -Dloclibpth='/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.7/lib /usr/local/lib' \ + -Aldflags='-R/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.7/lib' locincpth is a space-separated list of include directories to search. Configure will automatically add the appropriate -I directives. @@ -1265,10 +1275,17 @@ lost. If you have any additional changes to make to the C compiler command line, they can be made in cflags.SH. For instance, to turn off the -optimizer on toke.c, find the line in the switch structure for -toke.c and put the command optimize='-g' before the ;; . You -can also edit cflags.SH directly, but beware that your changes will be -lost the next time you run Configure. +optimizer on toke.c, find the switch structure marked 'or customize here', +and add a line for toke.c ahead of the catch-all *) so that it now reads: + + : or customize here + + case "$file" in + toke) optimize='-g' ;; + *) ;; + +You should not edit the generated file cflags directly, as your changes will +be lost the next time you run Configure, or if you edit config.sh. To explore various ways of changing ccflags from within a hint file, see the file hints/README.hints. @@ -1430,7 +1447,7 @@ See also the L<"vsprintf"> item below. If you get error messages such as the following (the exact line numbers and function name may vary in different versions of perl): - util.c: In function `Perl_form': + util.c: In function 'Perl_form': util.c:1107: number of arguments doesn't match prototype proto.h:125: prototype declaration @@ -1704,7 +1721,7 @@ to avoid the BIND. Perl can be cross-compiled. It is just not trivial, cross-compilation rarely is. Perl is routinely cross-compiled for many platforms (as of -June 2005 at least PocketPC aka WinCE, Open Zaurus, EPOC, Symbian, and +June 2005 at least PocketPC aka WinCE, Open Zaurus, Symbian, and the IBM OS/400). These platforms are known as the B platforms, while the systems where the compilation takes place are the B platforms. @@ -1730,10 +1747,6 @@ README.ce Cross/README -=item EPOC - -README.epoc - =item Symbian README.symbian @@ -1861,7 +1874,7 @@ F: This will run the regression tests on the perl you just made. If 'make test' doesn't say "All tests successful" then something went -wrong. See the file t/README in the t subdirectory. +wrong. Note that you can't run the tests in background if this disables opening of /dev/tty. You can use 'make test-notty' in that case but @@ -1870,13 +1883,10 @@ a few tty tests will be skipped. =head2 What if make test doesn't work? If make test bombs out, just cd to the t directory and run ./TEST -by hand to see if it makes any difference. If individual tests -bomb, you can run them by hand, e.g., - - ./perl -MTestInit t/op/groups.t +by hand to see if it makes any difference. -Another way to get more detailed information about failed tests and -individual subtests is to cd to the t directory and run +One way to get more detailed information about failed tests and +individual subtests is to run the harness from the t directory: cd t ; ./perl harness @@ -1884,12 +1894,20 @@ individual subtests is to cd to the t directory and run complicated constructs). If no list of tests is provided, harness will run all tests. +If individual tests fail, you can often run them by hand (from the main +perl directory), e.g., + + ./perl -MTestInit t/op/groups.t + You should also read the individual tests to see if there are any helpful comments that apply to your system. You may also need to setup your shared library path if you get errors like: /sbin/loader: Fatal Error: cannot map libperl.so +The file t/README in the t subdirectory contains more information about +running and modifying tests. + See L earlier in this document. =over 4 @@ -1944,7 +1962,7 @@ test 85 will fail if run under either t/TEST or t/harness. Try stopping other jobs on the system and then running the test by itself: - cd t; ./perl -MTestInit op/pat.t + ./perl -MTestInit t/op/pat.t to see if you have any better luck. If your perl still fails this test, it does not necessarily mean you have a broken perl. This test @@ -2031,7 +2049,7 @@ pages, however. You may need to be root to run B. If you are not root, you must still have permission to install into the directories in question and you should ignore any messages about chown not working. -If "make install" just says "`install' is up to date" or something +If "make install" just says "'install' is up to date" or something similar, you may be on a case-insensitive filesystems such as Mac's HFS+, and you should say "make install-all". (This confusion is brought to you by the Perl distribution having a file called INSTALL.) @@ -2078,17 +2096,17 @@ make install will install the following: perl, perl5.n.n where 5.n.n is the current release number. This will be a link to perl. - suidperl, - sperl5.n.n If you requested setuid emulation. a2p awk-to-perl translator. scripts - cppstdin This is used by the deprecated switch perl -P, if - your cc -E can't read from stdin. - c2ph, pstruct Scripts for handling C structures in header files. + cppstdin This is used by the deprecated switch perl -P, + if your cc -E can't read from stdin. + c2ph, pstruct Scripts for handling C structures in header + files. config_data Manage Module::Build-like module configuration. - corelist Shows versions of modules that come with different + corelist Shows versions of modules that come with + different versions of perl. cpan The CPAN shell. cpan2dist The CPANPLUS distribution creator. @@ -2096,7 +2114,8 @@ make install will install the following: cpanp-run-perl A helper for cpanp. enc2xs Encoding module generator. find2perl find-to-perl translator. - h2ph Extract constants and simple macros from C headers. + h2ph Extract constants and simple macros from C + headers. h2xs Converts C .h header files to Perl extensions. instmodsh A shell to examine installed modules. libnetcfg Configure libnet. @@ -2122,6 +2141,7 @@ make install will install the following: shasum A tool to print or check SHA checksums. splain Describe Perl warnings and errors. xsubpp Compiler to convert Perl XS code into C code. + zipdetails display the internal structure of zip files library files @@ -2197,7 +2217,6 @@ perl documentation: --htmlroot=/perl/nmanual \ --splithead=pod/perlipc \ --splititem=pod/perlfunc \ - --libpods=perlfunc:perlguts:perlvar:perlrun:perlop \ --verbose See the documentation in installhtml for more details. It can take @@ -2299,7 +2318,7 @@ http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html =head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5 -Perl 5.15 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl. +Perl 5.17.11 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl. In other words, you will have to recompile your XS modules. In general, you can usually safely upgrade from one version of Perl (e.g. @@ -2373,9 +2392,9 @@ won't interfere with another version. (The defaults guarantee this for libraries after 5.6.0, but not for executables. TODO?) One convenient way to do this is by using a separate prefix for each version, such as - sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.15.1 + sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.17.11 -and adding /opt/perl5.15.1/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users +and adding /opt/perl5.17.11/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users may also wish to add a symbolic link /usr/local/bin/perl so that scripts can still start with #!/usr/local/bin/perl. @@ -2388,13 +2407,13 @@ seriously consider using a separate directory, since development subversions may not have all the compatibility wrinkles ironed out yet. -=head2 Upgrading from 5.15.0 or earlier +=head2 Upgrading from 5.17.9 or earlier -B Perl modules having binary parts +B Perl modules having binary parts (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be -used with 5.15.1. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with -5.15.1, you may safely do so without disturbing the older +used with 5.17.11. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with +5.17.11, you may safely do so without disturbing the older installations. (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5"> above.) @@ -2427,107 +2446,102 @@ Firstly, the bare minimum to run this script print("$f\n"); } -in Linux is as follows (under $Config{prefix}): +in Linux with perl-5.17.11 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}): ./bin/perl - ./lib/perl5/5.9.3/strict.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.9.3/warnings.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.9.3/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.9.3/i686-linux/XSLoader.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.9.3/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so + ./lib/perl5/5.17.11/strict.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.17.11/warnings.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.17.11/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.17.11/feature.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.17.11/XSLoader.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.17.11/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so -Secondly, Debian perl-base package contains the following files, -size about 1.9MB in its i386 version: +Secondly, for perl-5.10.1, the Debian perl-base package contains 591 files, +(of which 510 are for lib/unicore) totaling about 3.5MB in its i386 version. +Omitting the lib/unicore/* files for brevity, the remaining files are: /usr/bin/perl - 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/usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/auto/DynaLoader/dl_findfile.al - /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/auto/DynaLoader/extralibs.ld - /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/auto/Fcntl/Fcntl.bs - /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/auto/Fcntl/Fcntl.so - /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/auto/File/Glob/Glob.bs - /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so - /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/auto/IO/IO.bs - /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/auto/IO/IO.so - /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/auto/POSIX/POSIX.bs - /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/auto/POSIX/POSIX.so - /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/auto/POSIX/autosplit.ix - /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/auto/POSIX/load_imports.al - /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/auto/Socket/Socket.bs - /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/auto/Socket/Socket.so - /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/lib.pm - /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/re.pm - /usr/share/doc/perl-base + /usr/bin/perl5.10.1 + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/Config.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/Config_git.pl + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/Config_heavy.pl + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/Cwd.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/DynaLoader.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/Errno.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/Fcntl.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/File/Glob.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/Hash/Util.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/IO.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/IO/File.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/IO/Handle.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/IO/Pipe.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/IO/Seekable.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/IO/Select.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/IO/Socket.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/IO/Socket/INET.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/IO/Socket/UNIX.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/List/Util.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/POSIX.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/Scalar/Util.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/Socket.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/XSLoader.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/auto/Cwd/Cwd.so + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/auto/DynaLoader/autosplit.ix + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/auto/DynaLoader/dl_expandspec.al + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/auto/DynaLoader/dl_find_symbol_anywhere.al + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/auto/DynaLoader/dl_findfile.al + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/auto/Fcntl/Fcntl.so + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/auto/Hash/Util/Util.so + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/auto/IO/IO.so + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/auto/List/Util/Util.so + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/auto/POSIX/POSIX.so + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/auto/POSIX/autosplit.ix + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/auto/POSIX/load_imports.al + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/auto/Socket/Socket.so + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/lib.pm + /usr/lib/perl/5.10.1/re.pm /usr/share/doc/perl/AUTHORS.gz /usr/share/doc/perl/Documentation - /usr/share/doc/perl/README.Debian.gz + /usr/share/doc/perl/README.Debian /usr/share/doc/perl/changelog.Debian.gz /usr/share/doc/perl/copyright + /usr/share/lintian/overrides/perl-base /usr/share/man/man1/perl.1.gz - /usr/share/perl/5.8 - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/AutoLoader.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/Carp.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/Carp/Heavy.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/Exporter.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/Exporter/Heavy.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/File/Spec.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/File/Spec/Unix.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/FileHandle.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/Getopt/Long.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/IO/Socket/INET.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/IO/Socket/UNIX.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/IPC/Open2.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/IPC/Open3.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/List/Util.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/Scalar/Util.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/SelectSaver.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/Symbol.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/Text/ParseWords.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/Text/Tabs.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/Text/Wrap.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/attributes.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/base.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/bytes.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/bytes_heavy.pl - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/constant.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/fields.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/integer.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/locale.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/overload.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/strict.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/utf8.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/utf8_heavy.pl - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/vars.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/warnings.pm - /usr/share/perl/5.8.4/warnings/register.pm + /usr/share/man/man1/perl5.10.1.1.gz + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/AutoLoader.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/Carp.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/Carp/Heavy.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/Exporter.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/Exporter/Heavy.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/File/Spec.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/File/Spec/Unix.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/FileHandle.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/Getopt/Long.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/IPC/Open2.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/IPC/Open3.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/SelectSaver.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/Symbol.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/Text/ParseWords.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/Text/Tabs.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/Text/Wrap.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/Tie/Hash.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/attributes.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/base.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/bytes.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/bytes_heavy.pl + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/constant.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/fields.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/integer.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/locale.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/overload.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/strict.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/unicore/* + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/utf8.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/utf8_heavy.pl + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/vars.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/warnings.pm + /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/warnings/register.pm A nice trick to find out the minimal set of Perl library files you will need to run a Perl program is @@ -2538,7 +2552,8 @@ need to run a Perl program is it's a minimal set) and if you want to find out all the files you can use something like the below - strace perl -le 'do "x.pl"' 2>&1 | perl -nle '/^open\(\"(.+?)"/ && print $1' + strace perl -le 'do "x.pl"' 2>&1 \ + | perl -nle '/^open\(\"(.+?)"/ && print $1' (The 'strace' is Linux-specific, other similar utilities include 'truss' and 'ktrace'.)