This is the README file for PAR, a toolkit to create and use perl scripts and modules stored inside compressed .par files. Please type "perldoc PAR" after installation to see the module usage information, and "perldoc PAR::FAQ" for frequently answered questions. For running ".par" files directly, please install PAR-Packer and see "perldoc parl". To generate/execute self-contained perl scripts, install PAR-Packer and see "perldoc par.pl" or "perldoc pp". An extensive "Cross-Platform Packaging and Deployment with PAR" tutorial is available as "perldoc PAR::Tutorial". A slightly outdated version is also available online at . * Installation PAR uses the standard perl module install process: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install * Historic note With version 0.97 of PAR, the logic for generating stand-alone executables has been refactored into the PAR-Packer distribution. It should be available from the same source you got PAR from. Hence, for packing scripts with prerequisite modules into stand-alone scripts or executables (aka PerlApp, Perl2exe, or 'perlcc that works'), see "perldoc pp" and "perldoc tkpp". Since version 0.97 of PAR, you do not need a C compiler any more to build it. All logic that required a C compiler previously was moved into the PAR-Packer distribution. * Source Repository You can check out the most recent revision from PAR's GitHub repository: https://github.com/rschupp/PAR * Contact You can write to the mailing list at , or send an empty mail to to participate in the discussion. Please submit bug reports to . * Copyright Copyright 2002-2010 by Audrey Tang . Copyright 2006-2010 by Steffen Mueller . All rights reserved. You can redistribute and/or modify this bundle under the same terms as Perl itself. See LICENSE.