Perl 5 for WIN32
Install Instruction Notes

   These notes concern the binary distribution of Perl for 
   the Win32 platform. This distribution was compiled using
   BC++ v.5.02. It is built around the production release
   of Perl version 5.004_02.

   These files were "ported" to Win32 for Windows(tm) by
   Gurusamy Sarathy [email protected] on 08-AUG-1997.  SEE the
   README file in the distribution itself for ALL the details!

              WHY WOULD YOU WANT THIS DISTRIBUTION ?
	      --------------------------------------
   You want to use perl on Windows(tm)NT or Windows(tm)95, but
   you have no C compiler (or at least not one that will build
   perl) NOTE: EVEN the Borland C++ 5.02 compiler WILL HAVE
   PROBLEMS building Perl on a Windows(tm)95 machine! Thus the
   reason so many programmers need to download this archive.
 
			   INSTALLATION
			   ------------
   To install:

   * Extract the archive so that the directory structure of the
     files is preserved.

   * `cd' to the top level directory of the installation files:
         (Most likely C-drive):\perl5.00402-bindist04-bc\

   * Type `install' (if in the DOS command shell) or click on 
     `install.bat' (from the File Explorer).  If that refuses
     to run for some reason, you can instead type:

        `perl\bin\perl install.bat'  (in the DOS command shell)

     The setup process will ask a few questions and will offer
     to generate HTML documentation from the various files in 
     the distribution.  A full installation requires about 20 
     extra Megabytes of free space!

   * Add the installed location of PERL.EXE to your `PATH':
     If you ask for things to be installed under `c:\perl',
     then add `c:\perl\bin' to your PATH statement in your
     AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
     (This change to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file will require you to
     reboot your PC before it will take effect.)     

   * You will need to edit the contents of %NetConfig in
     `lib\site\Net\Config.pm' to set the names of the servers
     used by the libnet package.
     [Although it's certainly a good idea to do this if you have
      a server running _and_ know how, most beginners and home
      users can skip this step for now.]

     The lines in Config.pm appear as follows:

     %NetConfig = (
	test_hosts => '0',
	nntp_hosts => ['news'],
	snpp_hosts => [],
	pop3_hosts => [],
	ftp_ext_passive => '0',
	smtp_hosts => ['mailhost'],
	inet_domain => 'nowhere.com',
	ph_hosts => ['dirserv'],
	test_exist => '0',
	daytime_hosts => [],
	ftp_int_passive => '0',
	ftp_firewall => undef,
	time_hosts => [],


                           Final Notes
                           -----------

    The initial subdirectories under `distfiles' contain docu-
    mentation and test-suites that are NOT installed; you may
    want to save these for later reference.

     NOTE: You may see some "patch files" in the distribution.
    These were included FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. You do
    _NOT_ have to apply them (or even know what a patch is) to
    use the Perl files in this distribution.


   EOF. Edited by The Starman 23 JUN 1999.