Proc::Daemon provides the capability for a Perl program to run as a Unix daemon process.
This module can be installed on Perl 5.8. It was not tested on older versions but it might work.
You should be able to install the module with the following:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
If you want to install in a specific directory, try:
perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/tmp/myperl5
...
If you'd like to see the raw output of the tests, try:
...
make test TEST_VERBOSE=1
...
Documentation is in the Daemon.pod file and should automatically get installed with the module.
COPYRIGHT (C) 1997-2015
Earl Hood earl@earlhood.com http://www.earlhood.com/
and
Detlef Pilzecker deti@cpan.org http://www.secure-sip-server.net/
and
Pavel Denisov akreal@cpan.org
All rights reserved.
This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.