as root: ( apt-get -y update apt-get -y upgrade apt-get -y install libc6-dev apt-get -y install gcc apt-get -y install emacs21 apt-get -y install subversion apt-get -y install postgresql )

then, adduser thartman

then, as thartman:

( wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/N/NW/NWCLARK/perl-5.8.8.tar.gz tar -xzvf perl-5.8.8.tar.gz cd perl-5.8.8 sh Configure -Dprefix=/home/thartman/perlroot/perl -des #make this your home directory make test make install mkdir -p ~/usr/local #used for template toolkit installation ) | tee perlinstall.out ( cat >> ~/.bashrc export $PATH=~/home/thartman/perlroot/perl/bin:$PATH export FTP_PASSIVE=1 ) cpan, manual configuration? no o conf prerequisites_policy follow o conf commit install cpan (i.e., upgrade CPAN)