From f578075a93c7418f72ba000d1225cb0d9fd7df5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Levitte Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 07:15:59 +0100 Subject: unified build scheme: rewrite INSTALL.VMS There is more to be added, but this will at least tell people how to try. Reviewed-by: Rich Salz --- README.PERL | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) (limited to 'README.PERL') diff --git a/README.PERL b/README.PERL index 472b27ec4d..f667d7f9b1 100644 --- a/README.PERL +++ b/README.PERL @@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ package that we know of is ActiveState Perl, available from http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl. + Notes on Perl on VMS + -------------------- + + You will need to install Perl separately. One way to do so is to + download the source from http://perl.org/, unpacking it, reading + README.vms and follow instructions. Another way is to download a + .PCSI file from http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsperlkit/files/ + and install it using the POLYCENTER install tool. + Notes on Perl modules we use ---------------------------- @@ -97,3 +106,12 @@ seen the tests succeed!): $ cpan -f -i Text::Template + + Note: on VMS, you must quote any argument that contains upper case + characters, so the lines above would be: + + $ cpan -i "Text::Template" + + and: + + $ cpan -f -i "Text::Template" -- cgit v1.2.3