CPANPLUS::Dist::Slackware

This CPANPLUS plugin creates Slackware compatible packages from Perl distributions. You can either install the created packages using the API provided by CPANPLUS or manually with "installpkg".

$ cpanp
CPAN Terminal> i Some::Module --format=CPANPLUS::Dist::Slackware

$ cpan2dist --format CPANPLUS::Dist::Slackware Some::Module
$ sudo /sbin/installpkg /tmp/perl-Some-Module-1.0-i586-1_CPANPLUS.tgz

INSTALLATION

To install this module, run the following commands:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

DEPENDENCIES

Slackware Linux 13.37 and Perl 5.12.3 or better and the sudo command are required. The fakeroot command is highly recommended. You can download a script that builds fakeroot from SlackBuilds.org.

SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION

Type "perldoc CPANPLUS::Dist::Slackware" after installation to see the module usage information.

If you want to hack on the source it might be a good idea to install Dist::Zilla and grab the latest version with git using the command:

git clone https://github.com/graygnuorg/CPANPLUS-Dist-Slackware.git

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2012-2020 Andreas Vögele

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See https://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.