Merging caption and installation sections for all packages in chapters 5 and 6.

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 &aa-perl-shortdesc;
 &aa-perl-dep;
-&c6-perl-inst;
+
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Installation of Perl</title>
+
+<para>Prepare Perl for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>If you want more control over the way Perl sets itself up to be
+built, you can run the interactive <userinput>Configure</userinput> script
+instead and modify the way Perl is built. If you think you can live with the
+(sensible) defaults Perl auto-detects, then just use the command listed
+above.</para>
+
+<para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
+checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, you first
+have to create a basic <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file, needed by a
+couple of tests to resolve the name <emphasis>localhost</emphasis>:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" &gt; /etc/hosts</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Now run the tests, if you wish:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>And install the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+
+</sect2>
 
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