These are various pure-Perl modules developed for the book "Network Programming with Perl", by Lincoln Stein. Many of the example scripts from the book are dependent on one or more of these modules. You can install them in one of two ways: 1) On systems that have the make or nmake utilities installed, make the directory that contains this README file current and type: % perl Makefile.PL % make % make install Notice that there is no "make test". 2) On systems that do not have either of these utilities (such as unenhanced Windows and Macintosh systems), I have provided a small script named "install.pl" that will copy these modules into the appropriate location for site-specific libraries on your system. Make the directory that contains this README file current and type: C:> perl install.pl Macintosh users should run the script from within MacPerl. You will see messages indicating that the files are being copied to their destinations. If you wish to install the modules into an alternative location, you may provide the target directory as an argument: C:> perl install.pl C:\temporary\perllib After this, you will have to set the PERL5LIB environment variable appropriately so that the example scripts can find these modules. Have fun! Lincoln