1. extract files tar xzf Email-Date-Format-1.002.tar.gz cd Email-Date-Format-1.002 2. perl Makefile.PL Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for Email::Date::Format 3. make cp lib/Email/Date/Format.pm blib/lib/Email/Date/Format.pm 4. make test PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl5.12.0 "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t t/basic.t ......... ok t/pod-coverage.t .. ok t/pod.t ........... ok All tests successful. Files=3, Tests=5, 1 wallclock secs ( 0.01 usr 0.00 sys + 0.15 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.16 CPU) Result: PASS 5. ../perl-files.sh