To install this module, cd to the directory that contains this INSTALL file and type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install To install this module into a specific directory, do: perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/name/of/the/directory ...the rest is the same... Please also read the perlmodinstall man page, if available. TROUBLESHOOTING If you get the error message: t/00parse_gb_to_chaos....NOK 3# Failed test 3 in t/00parse_gb_to_chaos.t You are probably not using a new enough version of bioperl. Use the one supplied on www.fruitfly.org/chaos-xml