<html><head><meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark"></head><body><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"># $File: //member/autrijus/ExtUtils-AutoInstall/README $ $Author: autrijus $
# $Revision: #7 $ $Change: 3827 $ $DateTime: 2002/04/09 11:26:50 $

This is the README file for ExtUtils::AutoInstall, a module to
let Makefile.PL automatically install dependencies via CPAN or
CPANPLUS.

Most notable features include:

- 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.

* Installation

ExtUtils::AutoInstall uses the standard perl module install process:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

* Copyright

Copyright 2001, 2002 by Autrijus Tang &lt;autrijus@autrijus.org&gt;.

All rights reserved.  You can redistribute and/or modify
this bundle under the same terms as Perl itself.

See &lt;http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html&gt;.
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