@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Alternatively, if your CPAN shell is set up, you should just be able to do:
2222## Manual installation
2323
2424As a last resort, you can manually install it. Download the tarball, untar it,
25- then build it:
25+ install configure prerequisites (see below), then build it:
2626
2727 % perl Makefile.PL
2828 % make && make test
@@ -37,16 +37,36 @@ If your perl is system-managed, you can create a local::lib in your home
3737directory to install modules to. For details, see the local::lib documentation:
3838https://metacpan.org/pod/local::lib
3939
40-
4140The prerequisites of this distribution will also have to be installed manually. The
4241prerequisites are listed in one of the files: `MYMETA.yml` or `MYMETA.json` generated
4342by running the manual build process described above.
4443
44+ ## Configure Prerequisites
45+
46+ This distribution requires other modules to be installed before this
47+ distribution's installer can be run. They can be found under the
48+ "configure_requires" key of META.yml or the
49+ "{prereqs}{configure}{requires}" key of META.json.
50+
51+ ## Other Prerequisites
52+
53+ This distribution may require additional modules to be installed after running
54+ Makefile.PL.
55+ Look for prerequisites in the following phases:
56+
57+ * to run make, PHASE = build
58+ * to use the module code itself, PHASE = runtime
59+ * to run tests, PHASE = test
60+
61+ They can all be found in the "PHASE_requires" key of MYMETA.yml or the
62+ "{prereqs}{PHASE}{requires}" key of MYMETA.json.
63+
4564## Documentation
4665
4766File-Temp documentation is available as POD.
4867You can run `perldoc` from a shell to read the documentation:
4968
5069 % perldoc File::Temp
70+
5171For more information on installing Perl modules via CPAN, please see:
5272https://www.cpan.org/modules/INSTALL.html
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