New to Perl Development

If you've never patched a Perl module before, this is a guide to help you get your Perl development environment setup and learn how to work with a Perl module out of its repository.

Setting up your Perl development environment

This isn't strictly necessary, but it will help you in the long and probably even short run.

• We recommend you install your own copy of Perl with perlbrew. This will isolate it from your system's Perl, so it doesn't get messed up, guarantee you have an up to date copy, and let you install whatever you want without admin access.

• We recommend you install cpanminus which is one of the simplest and friendliest CPAN clients for installing Perl modules. perlbrew can do it for you.