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Installation of ASSP v2.6.7 2022 is confusing.
The installation instructions from https://sourceforge.net/projects/assp/files/ASSP%20V2%20multithreading/2.6.7%2022137/ are different from the instructions in the extracted file at /assp/Install.txt
Most confusing is the step installing modules. My guess is that perl modules are meant there.
Sourceforge instructions mention "The current versions of the 'lib' folder and 'assp-monitor' are already included in the downloaded ZIP.
Confusing is if 'lib' folder contains the earlier mentioned (perl) modules.
Or if "assp.mod.zip" should be downloaded and extracted. This is my guess.
Annoying is that the extacted /assp/Install.txt contains a line "List of the perl modules to be installed :". Then a ton of modules.
Then the line "This list is incomplete. The actual list of the required modules is provided in"
Arrgh: 3 hours of manually testing and installing module by module, then it turns out all that work is for nothing and should be reversed.
Please don't list the module names at all in /assp/Install.txt.
Just mention "The actual list of the required modules is provided in (a separate from the installer zip file to be downloaded and extracted zip file) ..."
Then there is a typo:
assp/assp.mod/install/modul_list.txt -> .../module_list.txt
assp/assp.mod/install/modul_list_ocr.txt -> .../module_list_ocr.txt
In 2023 the dist packages are not so outdated anymore.
So it is wise to know which perl modules are assp patched (and must be installed via assp supplied .pl installer), which modules should best be kept up to date (thus use dist packages for those), and which to best keep at the module_list*.txt version (thus use assp supplied .pl installer).
Or should the suffixes "/0", "--force" and "--force--nodep" tell this?
A perl, cpan and assp newbie.