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+
+ L I B W W W - P E R L - 5
+ -----------------------------
+
+
+The libwww-perl collection is a set of Perl modules which provides a
+simple and consistent application programming interface to the
+World-Wide Web. The main focus of the library is to provide classes
+and functions that allow you to write WWW clients. The library also
+contain modules that are of more general use and even classes that
+help you implement simple HTTP servers.
+
+There are actually two versions of libwww-perl: one for Perl4, and one
+for Perl5. Both have a similar architecture, loosely based on the CERN
+Library of Common Code (nowadays known as 'w3c-libwww').
+
+The Perl4 version was maintained by Roy Fielding, and was the
+basis for tools such as MOMSpider. The perl4 version of libwww-perl
+and much more information about its libraries can still be found at:
+http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/websoft/libwww-perl/
+
+The Perl5 version (this package) is a complete rewrite for Perl5: the
+code is organized in Modules, provides an Object Oriented API, and
+offers lots of extended functionality.
+
+
+
+PREREQUISITES
+
+In order to install and use this package you will need Perl version
+5.005 or better. Some modules within this package depend on other
+packages that are distributed separately from Perl. We recommend that
+you have the following packages installed before you install
+libwww-perl:
+
+ URI
+ MIME-Base64
+ HTML-Parser
+ libnet
+ Digest-MD5
+ Compress-Zlib
+
+These packages should be available on CPAN (see below).
+
+If you want to access sites using the https protocol, then you need to
+install the Crypt::SSLeay or the IO::Socket::SSL module. The
+README.SSL file will tell you more about how libwww-perl supports SSL.
+
+
+
+INSTALLATION
+
+You install libwww-perl using the normal perl module distribution drill:
+
+ perl Makefile.PL
+ make
+ make test
+ make install
+
+You can edit the configuration section of Makefile.PL to select which
+programs to install in addition to the library itself. If you don't
+want to install any programs (only the library files) and don't want
+to mess with the Makefile.PL then pass the '-n' option to Makefile.PL:
+
+ perl Makefile.PL -n
+
+If you want to install a private copy of libwww-perl in your home
+directory, then you should try to produce the initial Makefile with
+something like this command:
+
+ perl Makefile.PL LIB=~/perl
+
+The Makefile.PL program will start out by checking your perl
+installation for a few packages that are recommended to be installed
+together with libwww-perl.
+
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION
+
+See ./lib/LWP.pm for an overview of the library. See ./ChangeLog for
+recent changes.
+
+POD style documentation is included in all modules and scripts. These
+are normally converted to manual pages and installed as part of the
+"make install" process. You should also be able to use the 'perldoc'
+utility to extract and read documentation from the module files
+directly.
+
+
+
+SUPPORT
+
+Questions about how to use this library should be directed to the
+comp.lang.perl.modules USENET Newsgroup. Bug reports and suggestions
+for improvements can be sent to the <libwww@perl.org> mailing
+list. This mailing list is also the place for general discussions and
+development of the libwww-perl package.
+
+You can join the mailing list by sending a message to
+<libwww-subscribe@perl.org>.
+ ^^^^^^^^^^
+
+
+AVAILABILITY
+
+The latest version of libwww-perl is available from CPAN:
+
+ http://search.cpan.org/dist/libwww-perl/
+
+If you want to hack on the source it might be a good idea to grab the
+latest version with git using the command:
+
+ git clone git://gitorious.org/libwww-perl/mainline.git lwp
+
+You can also browse the git repository at:
+
+ http://gitorious.org/projects/libwww-perl
+
+
+
+COPYRIGHT
+
+ © 1995-2008 Gisle Aas. All rights reserved.
+ © 1995 Martijn Koster. All rights reserved.
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+Enjoy!
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