cd /opt/perl # Or wherever you specified as $prefix
tar xvf perl5-archive.tar
-Alternatively, perl honors the DESTDIR variable in the make install
-call. DESTDIR is automatically prepended to all the installation paths.
-With DESTDIR, the above example can we written as:
+Alternatively, the DESTDIR variable is honored during C<make install>.
+The DESTDIR is automatically prepended to all the installation paths
+(and there is no need to edit anything). With DESTDIR, the above
+example can we written as:
sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl -des
make