Commit a8577a8e authored by Frédéric Buclin's avatar Frédéric Buclin

Bug 455585: Installation docs should recommend using package management instead of CPAN

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parent 748a2af2
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</para>
<para>
The preferred way of installing Perl modules is to use the
<filename>install-module.pl</filename> script on Unix,
or PPM on Windows (see <xref linkend="win32-perl-modules"/>). If for
some reason you need to install the Perl modules manually, see
<xref linkend="install-perlmodules-manual"/>. For instance, on Unix:
The preferred way to install missing Perl modules is to use the package
manager provided by your operating system (e.g <quote>rpm</quote> or
<quote>yum</quote> on Linux distros, or <quote>ppm</quote> on Windows
if using ActivePerl, see <xref linkend="win32-perl-modules"/>).
If some Perl modules are still missing or are too old, then we recommend
using the <filename>install-module.pl</filename> script (doesn't work
with ActivePerl on Windows). If for some reason you really need to
install the Perl modules manually, see
<xref linkend="install-perlmodules-manual"/>. For instance, on Unix,
you invoke <filename>install-module.pl</filename> as follows:
</para>
<screen><prompt>bash#</prompt> perl install-module.pl &lt;modulename&gt;</screen>
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