Installation Instructions
The instructions are basically as per any Perl module.
INSTALLING AUTOMATICALLY
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The easiest way to install is via CPAN or CPANPLUS:
CPAN:
% perl -MCPAN -e shell [as root]
> install WWW::Shorten
> quit
CPANPLUS:
% cpanp
> i WWW::Shorten
> q
See your local 'perldoc CPAN' or 'perldoc CPANPLUS' for
instructions on setting up and configuring CPAN or CPANPLUS.
OBTAINING THE MODULE
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The latest release version of WWW::Shorten can be downloaded
from any CPAN site:
http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/S/SP/SPOON/
https://metacpan.org/release/WWW-Shorten/
Interim and development versions may also be available
from github:
http://github.com/davorg/www-shorten
WWW::Shorten is distributed as a gzipped tar archive file:
WWW-Shorten-<version>.tar.gz
where <version> represents the current version number, e.g. 1.88.
To install the module, unpack the distribution archive to
create an installation directory. Something like this:
tar zxf WWW-Shorten-1.88.tar.gz
or
gunzip WWW-Shorten-1.88.tar.gz
tar xf WWW-Shorten-1.88.tar
You can then 'cd' into the directory created,
cd WWW-Shorten-1.88
INSTALLING MANUALLY
-------------------
The 'make install' (done later) will install the modules and scripts on
your system. You may need administrator privileges to perform this task.
Alternately you can install the module to a local directory (see
ExtUtils::MakeMaker for full details), e.g.
% perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/abw/
Don't forget to update your PERL5LIB environment variable if you do
this, or add a line to your script to tell Perl where to find the files,
e.g.
use lib qw( /home/abw/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 );
If you're not after a custom location, just do:
% perl Makefile.PL
If you are lacking any of the prerequisite modules, running that
program will tell you. All prerequisites are available from CPAN.
When you have them all:
% make && make test
If there are any failures, it's best if you contact me. It may help
other people who have the same problem. I don't tend to read the Perl
newsgroups or PerlMonks, so it's no use posting there.
When you report your trouble, be sure to send me the following
information;
+ result of `perl -V'
+ output from 'make test' - ideally do 'make test TEST_VERBOSE=1 >& errs'
Send those to bug-WWW-Shorten@rt.cpan.org and I'll get
back to you as soon as I'm able.
If it worked, then become root and type:
# make install
Congratulations. You've just installed WWW::Shorten.