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PERLIVP(1)                                 Perl Programmers Reference Guide                                PERLIVP(1)



NAME
       perlivp - Perl Installation Verification Procedure

SYNOPSIS
       perlivp [-p] [-v] [-h]

DESCRIPTION
       The perlivp program is set up at Perl source code build time to test the Perl version it was built under.  It
       can be used after running:

           make install

       (or your platform's equivalent procedure) to verify that perl and its libraries have been installed correctly.
       A correct installation is verified by output that looks like:

           ok 1
           ok 2

       etc.

OPTIONS
       -h help
            Prints out a brief help message.

       -p print preface
            Gives a description of each test prior to performing it.

       -v verbose
            Gives more detailed information about each test, after it has been performed.  Note that any failed tests
            ought to print out some extra information whether or not -v is thrown.

DIAGNOSTICS
       ·   print "# Perl binary '$perlpath' does not appear executable.\n";

           Likely to occur for a perl binary that was not properly installed.  Correct by conducting a proper
           installation.

       ·   print "# Perl version '$]' installed, expected $ivp_VERSION.\n";

           Likely to occur for a perl that was not properly installed.  Correct by conducting a proper installation.

       ·   print "# Perl \@INC directory '$_' does not appear to exist.\n";

           Likely to occur for a perl library tree that was not properly installed.  Correct by conducting a proper
           installation.

       ·   print "# Needed module '$_' does not appear to be properly installed.\n";

           One of the two modules that is used by perlivp was not present in the installation.  This is a serious
           error since it adversely affects perlivp's ability to function.  You may be able to correct this by
           performing a proper perl installation.

       ·   print "# Required module '$_' does not appear to be properly installed.\n";

           An attempt to "eval "require $module"" failed, even though the list of extensions indicated that it should
           succeed.  Correct by conducting a proper installation.

       For further information on how to conduct a proper installation consult the INSTALL file that comes with the
       perl source and the README file for your platform.

AUTHOR
       Peter Prymmer



perl v5.16.3                                          2016-11-06                                           PERLIVP(1)