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perlriscos - Perl version 5 for RISC OS
This document gives instructions for building Perl for RISC OS. It is complicated by the need to cross-compile. There is a binary version of perl available from <https://www.cp15.org/perl/> which you may wish to use instead of trying to compile it yourself.
You need an installed and working GCCSDK <https://www.riscos.info/downloads/gccsdk/latest/> cross-compiler and REXEN <https://www.cp15.org/programming/>.
First, copy the source and build a native copy of perl for your host system. Then, in the source to be cross-compiled:
$ ./Configure
Note that, if you wish to run "Configure" non-interactively (see the INSTALL document for details), to have it select the correct hint file, you'll need to provide the argument "-Dhintfile=riscos" on the "Configure" command-line.
$ make miniperl
$ make
Alex Waugh <alex@alexwaugh.com>
2024-04-16 | perl v5.40.0 |