---
name: "perlriscos"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-doc"
version: "5.40.1-6+deb13u1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/perlriscos"
---

# perlriscos(1)

Perl version 5 for RISC OS

## NAME

perlriscos - Perl version 5 for RISC OS

## DESCRIPTION

This document gives instructions for building Perl for RISC OS. It is complicated by the need to cross-compile. There is a binary version of perl available from \<https://www.cp15.org/perl/\> which you may wish to use instead of trying to compile it yourself.

## BUILD

You need an installed and working GCCSDK \<https://www.riscos.info/downloads/gccsdk/latest/\> cross-compiler and REXEN \<https://www.cp15.org/programming/\>.

First, copy the source and build a native copy of perl for your host system. Then, in the source to be cross-compiled:

- 1\.

  ```
      $ ./Configure
  ```

- 2\.

  Select the RISC OS hint file (*hints/riscos.sh*). The default answers for the rest of the questions are usually sufficient.

  Note that, if you wish to run `"Configure"` non-interactively (see the *INSTALL* document for details), to have it select the correct hint file, you'll need to provide the argument `"-Dhintfile=riscos"` on the `"Configure"` command-line.

- 3\.

  ```
      $ make miniperl
  ```

- 4\.

  This should build `"miniperl"` and then fail when it tries to run it.

- 5\.

  Copy the *miniperl* executable from the native build done earlier to replace the cross-compiled *miniperl*.

- 6\.

  ```
      $ make
  ```

- 7\.

  This will use `"miniperl"` to complete the rest of the build.

## AUTHOR

Alex Waugh \<alex@alexwaugh.com\>