Installation instructions for Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
This module requires Perl 5.005
(or later) and Parse::RecDescent
:
http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Parse-RecDescent
Download the zipped tar file from one of the following:
http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Spreadsheet-WriteExcel http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/mod_perl/cpan-search?idinfo=154 ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/authors/id/J/JM/JMCNAMARA/
Untar and unzip the module as follows or use winzip:
tar -zxvf Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.xx.tar.gz
Change to the directory that tar
creates. The module can be installed using the standard Perl procedure:
perl Makefile.PL make make test make install # You may need to be root make clean # or make realclean
Windows users without a working make
can get nmake
from:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/nmake15.exe
If you have CPAN.pm configured you can install the module as follows:
perl -MCPAN -e 'install "Spreadsheet::WriteExcel"'
ActivePerl users can use PPM as follows:
C:\> ppm PPM> set repository tmp http://homepage.eircom.net/~jmcnamara/perl PPM> install Spreadsheet-WriteExcel PPM> quit C:\>
If this fails try the following:
PPM>install http://homepage.eircom.net/~jmcnamara/perl/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel.ppd
If you wish to perform a local PPM install you can get the files from (xx is the version number):
http://homepage.eircom.net/~jmcnamara/perl/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel.ppd http://homepage.eircom.net/~jmcnamara/perl/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.xx-PPM.tar.gz
You can keep up to date with future release by registering as a user with
Freshmeat http://freshmeat.net/ and
subscribing to
Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
at the project page:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/writeexcel/
You will then receive mailed updates when a new version is released.
Alternatively you can keep an eye on news://comp.lang.perl.announce
John McNamara (jmcnamara@cpan.org)