Ikiwiki requires the [[cpan Text::Markdown]], [[cpan URI]],
[[cpan HTML::Parser]], and [[cpan HTML::Template]] perl modules be
-installed, and also uses the following perl modules if available:
-[[cpan CGI::Session]], [[cpan CGI::FormBuilder]] (version 3.05 or newer),
-[[cpan Mail::Sendmail]], [[cpan Time::Duration]], [[cpan TimeDate]],
-[[cpan HTML::Scrubber]], [[cpan RPC::XML]], [[cpan XML::Simple]],
-[[cpan XML::Feed]], [[cpan File::MimeInfo]], [[cpan Locale::gettext]]
-(version 1.04 or newer).
+installed.
+
+It also uses the following perl modules if available: [[cpan
+CGI::Session]], [[cpan CGI::FormBuilder]] (version 3.05 or newer), [[cpan
+Mail::Sendmail]], [[cpan Time::Duration]], [[cpan TimeDate]], [[cpan
+HTML::Scrubber]], [[cpan RPC::XML]], [[cpan XML::Simple]], [[cpan
+XML::Feed]], [[cpan File::MimeInfo]], [[cpan Locale::gettext]] (version
+1.04 or newer).
+
+It's recommended you have a C compiler, as ikiwiki uses one to build
+wrappers.
+
+Various [[plugins]] use other libraries and utlities; see their individual
+documentation for details.
+
+The Debian packages depend on and recommend an appropriate set of packages.
While Fedora 7 doesn't have an ikiwiki package, you can install needed
perl modules using this command:
perl-XML-Simple perl-TimeDate perl-HTML-Template perl-CGI-FormBuilder \
perl-CGI-Session perl-File-MimeInfo perl-gettext
-Various [[plugins]] use other libraries and utlities; see their individual
-documentation for details.
-
If you want to install from the tarball, you should make sure that the
required perl modules are installed, then run: