Install TIB/Rendezvous first. See README. To install Tibco::Rv: One of: TIB_HOME, TIB_RV_HOME, or TIBRV_DIR must be set. TIB_HOME must be your base Tibco directory, and it must contain "tibrv"; or: TIB_RV_HOME or TIBRV_DIR must be your Rendezvous installation directory. It must contain "lib" and "include". For instance, execute this command: $ export TIB_HOME=/usr/tibco Execute the following commands (use the current version instead of "x.xx"): $ tar xvzf Tibco-Rv-x.xx.tar.gz $ cd Tibco-Rv-x.xx $ perl Makefile.PL $ make $ make test $ make install