NAME
buildperl.pl - build/install perl distributions
SYNOPSIS
perl buildperl.pl [options]
--help show this help
--source=directory directory containing source tarballs
[default: /tmp/perl/source]
--build=directory directory used for building perls [EXPAND]
[default: /tmp/perl/build/<config>]
--prefix=directory use this installation prefix [EXPAND]
[default: /tmp/perl/install/<config>/<perl>]
--config=configuration build this configuration [MULTI]
[default: all possible configurations]
--perl=version build this version of perl [MULTI]
[default: all possible versions]
--force rebuild and install already installed versions
--test run test suite after building
--noinstall don't install after building
--patch only patch the perl source in the current directory
--oneshot build from the perl source in the current directory
(extra arguments are passed to Configure)
options tagged with [MULTI] can be given multiple times
options tagged with [EXPAND] expand the following items
<perl> versioned perl directory (e.g. 'perl-5.6.1')
<version> perl version (e.g. '5.6.1')
<config> name of the configuration (e.g. 'default')
EXAMPLES
The following examples assume that your Perl source tarballs are in /tmp/perl/source. If they are somewhere else, use the --source
option to specify a different source directory.
To build a default configuration of perl5.004_05 and install it to /opt/perl5.004_05, you would say:
buildperl.pl --prefix='/opt/<perl>' --perl=5.004_05 --config=default
To build debugging configurations of all perls in the source directory and install them to /opt, use:
buildperl.pl --prefix='/opt/<perl>' --config=debug
To build all configurations for perl-5.8.5 and perl-5.8.6, test them and don't install them, run:
buildperl.pl --perl=5.8.5 --perl=5.8.6 --test --noinstall
To build and install a single version of perl with special configuration options, use:
buildperl.pl --perl=5.6.0 --prefix=/opt/p560ld --oneshot -- -des -Duselongdouble
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2004-2013, Marcus Holland-Moritz.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
See Devel::PPPort and HACKERS.