$ tar xzf perl-5.6.1 $ cd perl-5.6.1 $ ./Configure ... What optimizer/debugger flag should be used? [-O2] -g -O0 ... Installation prefix to use? (~name ok) [/usr/local] /usr/local/perl/debug/ Directory /usr/local/perl/debug/ doesn't exist. Use that name anyway? [n] y ... $ make && make test $ su -c "make install" ...