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



NAME
       perlivp - Perl Installation Verification Procedure

SYNOPSIS
       perlivp [-a] [-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.

       -a run all tests
            Normally tests for optional features are skipped.  With -a all tests are executed.

       -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
       o   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.

       o   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.

       o   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.

       o   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.

       o   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.

       o   print "# Unnecessary module `bLuRfle' appears to be installed.\n";

           This test not coming out ok could indicate that you have in fact installed a bLuRfle.pm module or that the "eval "
           require \"$module_name.pm\"; "" test may give misleading results with your installation of perl.  If yours is the
           latter case then please let the author know.

       o   print "# file",+($#missing == 0) ? '' : 's'," missing from installation:\n";

           One or more files turned up missing according to a run of "ExtUtils::Installed -> validate()" over your installation.
           Correct by conducting a proper installation.

       o   print "# Perl header `$_' does not appear to be properly installed.\n";

           Correct by running h2ph over your system's C header files.  If necessary, edit the resulting *.ph files to eliminate
           perl syntax errors.

       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 v5.12.4                                               2011-11-04                                                 PERLIVP(1)