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Under Irix 6.2, you will need to remove the -lnsl option from $ARS_LIBS.
Under HP-UX, you will need to build it statically into Perl.
Under WindowsNT you will need to insert the appropriate libraries
(arapi.lib and nts.lib) from the API kit included with NT Server,
and the path to the include files, into Makefile.pl (or the resulting
Makfile).

then execute the following comands:

> perl Makefile.PL
> make
> make install

The first command will construct a Makefile.
The second comand will compile the source files.
The third command might require special (i.e. root) access if your
perl distribution is not owned by your userid.


BUILDING ON WINDOWS WITH STRAWBERRY PERL  
(Note to Windows Developers: While this is the correct procedure, it will not 
yet provide a stable 64-bit module)

1) Download ARSPerl source and unpack

2) Download and install 32 or 64-bit Strawberry perl from strawberryperl.com

3) Download desired ARS API files from RRR and unpack 
   (https://rrr.se/cgi/index?pg=arapi)

4) Edit Makefile.PL, and update $ARSAPI to indicate where ARS API files have 
   been unpacked

5) If compiling for 64-bit, the following lines need updating in Makefile.PL 
   as well:
 
      $ARS_LIBS = join(' ', map { "$ARSAPI/lib/" . $_ } @{$ra_arlibs});

      change to:

      $ARS_LIBS = join(' ', map { "$ARSAPI/lib64/" . $_ } @{$ra_arlibs});
     

      $ARS_LDPATH = qq{-L"$ARSAPI/lib"};

      change to:

      $ARS_LDPATH = qq{-L"$ARSAPI/lib64"};


      my $ar_lib_dir = join('/', $path_to_api_dir, 'lib');

      change to:

      my $ar_lib_dir = join('/', $path_to_api_dir, 'lib64');
    
6) cd to ARSPerl directory and run perl Makefile.PL

7) dmake

8) If desired (and able!), run dmake test

9) dmake install

10) Prior to using the compiled ARSPerl, update %PATH% first.

   %PATH% update notes:
   -    32-bit: Add the bin and lib directories from where the ARS API files 
        were unpacked
   -    64-bit: Add the lib64 directory from where the ARS API files were 
        unpacked