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authorJoey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>2008-05-08 00:20:49 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>2008-05-08 00:20:49 -0400
commitdafa7ef3e271c561a4019bc10ed4adf0d49e9587 (patch)
tree542202282e2fce056d9bfe848d4733ad5a7b073a /doc/tips
parent953130ee37c414821740b90e51f15effa73f0243 (diff)
most modules are pre-installed now
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@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ Use `wget` to [[download]] the ikiwiki tarball. Then unpack it:
## Install perl modules
-Use CPAN to install the perl modules it uses into your home directory:
+As an optional step, you can use CPAN to install the perl modules ikiwiki
+uses into your home directory. This should not be necessary, mostly,
+because the system has most modules installed already.
+
+So, you might want to skip this step and come back to it later if ikiwiki
+doesn't work.
PERL5LIB=`pwd`/ikiwiki:`pwd`/ikiwiki/cpan:`pwd`/lib/perl5 PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install("Bundle::IkiWiki")'
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ dollars.
rm -rf ~/ikiwiki*.tar.gz ~/.cpan ~/ikiwiki ~/man ~/lib/perl5/5.8.8
-That should cut things down to less than 4 megabytes. If you want to save
+That should cut things down to less than 2 megabytes. If you want to save
even more space, delete unused perl modules from ~/lib/perl5
## Enjoy!