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-Tree/Simple version 1.18
-========================
+README file for Tree::Simple.
 
-See the module documentation for more information.
+See also: CHANGES and Changelog.ini.
 
-INSTALLATION
+Warning: WinZip 8.1 and 9.0 both contain an 'accidental' bug which stops
+them recognizing POSIX-style directory structures in valid tar files.
+You are better off using a reliable tool such as InfoZip:
+ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/
 
-To install this module type the following:
+1 Installing from a Unix-like distro
+------------------------------------
+shell>gunzip Tree-Simple-1.23.tgz
+shell>tar mxvf Tree-Simple-1.23.tar
 
-   perl Makefile.PL
-   make
-   make test
-   make install
+On Unix-like systems, assuming you have installed Module::Build V 0.25+:
 
-DEPENDENCIES
+shell>perl Build.PL
+shell>./Build
+shell>./Build test
+shell>./Build install
 
-This module requires no other modules and libraries outside of the core
-for normal usage. However it uses Test::Exception in the test suite.
+On MS Windows-like systems, assuming you have installed Module::Build V 0.25+:
 
-COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
+shell>perl Build.PL
+shell>perl Build
+shell>perl Build test
+shell>perl Build install
 
-Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Infinity Interactive, Inc.
+Alternately, without Module::Build, you do this:
 
-http://www.iinteractive.com
+Note: 'make' on MS Windows-like systems may be called 'nmake' or 'dmake'.
 
-This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the same terms as Perl itself. 
+shell>perl Makefile.PL
+shell>make
+shell>make test
+shell>su              (for Unix-like systems)
+shell>make install
+shell>exit            (for Unix-like systems)
 
+On all systems:
+
+Run Simple.pm through your favourite pod2html translator.
+
+2 Installing from an ActiveState distro
+---------------------------------------
+shell>unzip Tree-Simple-1.23.zip
+shell>ppm install --location=. Tree-Simple
+shell>del Tree-Simple-1.23.ppd
+shell>del PPM-Tree-Simple-1.23.tar.gz