To install SLINK-5.0: a) edit slink, slinkls, slink-convert, and truename to call the proper perl interpreter, which should be 5.001m or later. b) edit Slink/Config.pm to set Slink's own options. Type perldoc Slink::Config in this directory for more information. c) create slink.mod and perhaps slink.conf in appropriate places you specified in Slink/Config.pm. See self-documenting examples in ./confs. If necessary, convert old slink.conf file to the new format using slink-convert. See slink-convert.pod for details. At this point slink's commands are available to you as long as your current directory is this one; you can try slink without installing it. You can run it elsewhere if you arrange for PERL5LIB to include this directory, or another that contains contents of ./Slink. When you are ready to install it permanently: d) edit Makefile.PL to specify where Slink gets installed. By default it will be installed in places described by perl's privlib and bin, in the Config module. e) perl Makefile.PL f) make install g) Enjoy! Author: Alva L. Couch, couch@cs.tufts.edu, http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~couch Last Modified: May 10, 1996