cd /opt
tar -zxf perl-5.14.2.tar.gz
cd perl-5.14.2
./Configure -h
./Configure -Dusethreads -Dprefix=/usr
make
make test
make install
perl -V
which perl
To see the status of perl installation
make install > install.log
To install Perl modules using CPAN:
perl -MCPAN -e shell
Then install lets say if we want to install BioGraphics module.
install Bio::Graphics
Usefull command for test running jobs
fg - run jobs in the foreground
May be you will need to install following dependencies
sudo apt-get install libreadline-dev
