Questions about p4perl...

[whn]

I am trying to use p4perl. But I am stuck in step one - to install p4perl.

I did a search on this forum and found no threads related to perforce and/or p4perl. Therefore, I'll keep my questions short for now though I may have many follow-up questions later.

According a release note at perforce site: p4perl release note, 2012.2, it reads --

Building P4Perl from Source

1. Download the Perforce C++ API from the Perforce FTP site at
"ftp://ftp.perforce.com/perforce". The API archive is located
in release and platform-specific subdirectories and is named
"p4api.tgz" for non-Windows platforms and "p4api_vs2008_static.zip"
for Windows. Mac OS X users should get the API from either the
"bin.darwin90x86" or "bin.darwin90x86_64" platform directory.

Note: 32-bit builds of P4Perl require a 32-bit version of the
C++ API and a 32-bit version of Perl. 64-bit builds of
P4Perl require a 64-bit version of the C++ API and a
64-bit version of Perl.

Unzip the archive into an empty directory.

2. Extract the P4Perl API archive into an empty directory.

3. To build P4Perl, run the following commands:

perl Makefile.PL --apidir <absolute path to Perforce C++ API>

make (on Unix/Mac platforms)

nmake (on Windows platforms)

Note: to reinstall cleanly P4Perl, remove the directory created
in step 2, then re-extract the archive.

I went to [link ftp://ftp.perforce.com/perforce]perforce ftp site[/url] and picked release 12.2, i.e. r12.2 for bin.linux26x86_64, because I am using a Ubuntu machine:

% uname -a
Linux bos-lprfl 2.6.32-46-generic #105-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 1 00:04:17 UTC 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Therefore, the actual url of the download page is [link ftp://ftp.perforce.com/perforce/r12.2/bin.linux26x86_64/]ftp://ftp.perforce.com/perforce/r12.2/bin.linux26x86_64/[/url].

I know I need to download p4api.tgz. But this package does not have Makefile.PL.

So, my first question is what else I should download besides p4api.tgz? The release note does not say.

My second question is --

Once I downloaded all pkgs and ready to execute 'perl Makefile.PL', what value am I supposed to use for <absolute path to Perforce C++ API>? The absolute path to the unpacked subdirname of p4api.tgz?

Third question:

Is p4perl a prerequisite for all P4 modules at CPAN site?

Let me stop here for now.

Thank you for your time and help!!

 

[whn]

It turned out super simple:

% sudo apt-get install p4perl

That's it! On Ubuntu, though.