# $File: //member/autrijus/ExtUtils-AutoInstall/README $ $Author: autrijus $ # $Revision: #4 $ $Change: 9532 $ $DateTime: 2004/01/01 06:47:30 $ This is the README file for ExtUtils::AutoInstall, a module to let Makefile.PL automatically install dependencies via CPAN or CPANPLUS. * Features - Letting the user enable/disable optional dependencies. - Support sane defaults by probing for the machine's capability. - If not inside a cpan shell, use CPAN.pm to install dependencies. - Enable/disable the associated tests automatically. - Supply UNINST=1 when it is safe and possibly needed. - Checks MANIFEST to avoid unnecessary grepping of EXE_FILES. - Utilizes CPANPLUS and/or Sort::Versions where feasible. - Offers check-only and skip-all Makefile.PL targets. - Offers check-only and install-only Makefile targets. - Take advantage of the 'sudo' command where available. * Installation ExtUtils::AutoInstall uses the standard perl module install process: cpansign -v # optional; see SIGNATURE for details perl Makefile.PL make # or 'nmake' on Win32 make test make install * Copyright Copyright 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Autrijus Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>. All rights reserved. You can redistribute and/or modify this bundle under the same terms as Perl itself. See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>.