YAML::DBH INSTALLATION tar -xvf ./$this_package_file cd $package_dir_created perl Makefile.PL make test make install TESTING For real testing you will need to have a running mysqld server. You need to be able to make a connection to a database as per ./t/mysql_credentials.conf username: testing database: testing password: testing hostname: localhost If you do have this set up, run perl t/01_find_confs_and_test.pl If you want to set up your own parameters, throw in a bunch of config files in t/ that you know will work. Each file must end in '.conf'. If you have further questions: Leo Charre leocharre at cpan dot org