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Installing Maypole

9       The first thing you're going to need to do to get Maypole running is to
10       install it. Maypole needs an absolute shedload of Perl modules from
11       CPAN to do its job. I am unrepentant about this. Maypole does a lot of
12       work, so that you don't have to. This is called code re-use, and if
13       we're serious about code re-use, then Maypole should be re-using as
14       much code as possible in terms of Perl modules. In another sense, this
15       gives the impression that Maypole doesn't actually do all that much
16       itself, because all it's doing is gluing together already-existing
17       code. Well, welcome to code re-use.
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19       The downside of code re-use is, of course, that you then have to
20       install a shedload of Perl modules from CPAN. If you're using OpenBSD
21       or FreeBSD, the wonderful ports system will be your friend. There's a
22       Maypole port in "p5-Maypole". Just type "make install".
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24       Debian users, hang in there. There's a package coming.
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26       For other Unices, the CPANPLUS or "CPAN" modules will help with this.
27       If you don't have "CPANPLUS" installed, my recommendation is to use
28       "perl -MCPAN -e install CPANPLUS" to install it and then throw
29       "CPAN.pm" away. In any case, one of these two should get all that
30       Maypole needs:
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32           % perl -MCPANPLUS -e 'install Maypole'
33           % perl -MCPAN -e 'install Maypole'
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35       Information on installing under Windows is available from the wiki -
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38       More information of installing under various Linux flavours is
39       available on the Wiki - http://maypole.perl.org/?LinuxInstall
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41       You're also going to need a database server and a web server. For
42       databases, I recommend SQLite (if you install the "DBD::SQLite" module,
43       you get the SQLite library for free) for prototyping and mysql for
44       production; heavier duty users should use Postgresql or Oracle -
45       Maypole should be happy with them all. Maypole is happiest when running
46       under Apache "mod_perl", with the "Apache::Request" module installed,
47       but as I said, it is a blank slate, and everything is customizable.
48       There is a "CGI::Maypole" frontend available to run as a standalone CGI
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51       As well as the documentation embedded in the Perl modules the
52       distribution also includes the manual, of which this is a part. You can
53       access it using the perldoc command, the man command, or by browsing
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