Perlwikibot/Installing

Installation There are two ways to install MediaWiki::Bot. Using CPAN shell (recommended) If you use the CPAN shell to install MediaWiki::Bot, the entire process is automated: user@host:~$ sudo -i root@host:~# cpan cpan> install MediaWiki::Bot ... You might have CPAN configured such that you don't need to become root initially. Manual Otherwise, you can install it manually. First install the dependencies (listed below), then install MediaWiki::Bot. To install this module type the following in the root directory or a checkout from SVN or an unpacked tarball: user@host:~$ perl Makefile.PL user@host:~$ make user@host:~$ make test user@host:~$ sudo make install You might use other methods to become root instead of sudo. The test scripts included with MediaWiki::Bot require a working internet connection. If the test suite fails, it might be safe to install the module anyway. When in doubt, email perlwikibot googlegroups.com with the complete output of the test suite and ask for advice. Dependencies This module requires these other modules and libraries: WWW::Mechanize HTML::Entities URI::Escape XML::Simple Carp Encode MediaWiki::API Module::Pluggable Crypt::SSLeay Digest::MD5