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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "PERLRISCOS",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PERLRISCOS/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-27T16:09:01Z",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "perlriscos - Perl version 5 for RISC OS\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "This document gives instructions for building Perl for RISC OS. It is complicated by the need\nto cross compile. There is a binary version of perl available from\n<http://www.cp15.org/perl/> which you may wish to use instead of trying to compile it\nyourself.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "BUILD": {
            "content": "You need an installed and working gccsdk cross compiler <http://gccsdk.riscos.info/> and\nREXEN <http://www.cp15.org/programming/>\n\nFirstly, copy the source and build a native copy of perl for your host system.  Then, in the\nsource to be cross compiled:\n\n1.\n$ ./Configure\n\n2.  Select the riscos hint file. The default answers for the rest of the questions are\nusually sufficient.\n\nNote that, if you wish to run Configure non-interactively (see the INSTALL document for\ndetails), to have it select the correct hint file, you'll need to provide the argument\n-Dhintfile=riscos on the Configure command-line.\n\n3.\n$ make miniperl\n\n4.  This should build miniperl and then fail when it tries to run it.\n\n5.  Copy the miniperl executable from the native build done earlier to replace the cross\ncompiled miniperl.\n\n6.\n$ make\n\n7.  This will use miniperl to complete the rest of the build.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Alex Waugh <alex@alexwaugh.com>\n\n\n\nperl v5.34.0                                 2026-06-23                                PERLRISCOS(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "perlriscos - Perl version 5 for RISC OS",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}