To install the module execute the following steps: perl Makefile.PL make make test "make test" do some tests. If you get error messages then you shouldn't install the module. Take a look into the README to the TECHNICAL NOTE section for a description and send me a bug report please. Otherwise your last step is: make install and have a lot of fun with Sys::Statistics::Linux. Don't forget to take a look into the "examples" diretory. :-)