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  /usr/mycompany/0.5.0
  /usr/mycompany/0.5.1
  /usr/mycompany/1.0.0
  /usr/mycompany/2.17.10

All of these directories will have their own self-contained installation
of software.  Named versions (i.e. "test", "qa", "prod") are simply
symbolic links to the particular version to which they currently apply.

In your chosen development directory, you should set the permissions
to allow access to be granted by group.

  chgrp -R spadkins /usr/mycompany/spadkins  # all files and dirs owned by group
  chmod 775 `find /usr/mycompany/spadkins -type d -print` # dirs writable by the group
  chmod g+s `find /usr/mycompany/spadkins -type d -print` # setgid bit keeps files in the group

Within each directory, you should create a default set of subdirectories.

  cd /usr/mycompany/spadkins
  mkdir src lib bin man etc include src/tar

You should set up in your ".profile" some appropriate variables.

  PREFIX=/usr/mycompany/spadkins; export PREFIX
  PATH=$PREFIX/bin:$PATH; export PATH
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PREFIX/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  LIBPATH=$PREFIX/lib:$LIBPATH; export LIBPATH  # for AIX? (instead of LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
  MANPATH=$PREFIX/man:$MANPATH; export MANPATH

Note: If no initial MANPATH was set, setting the MANPATH this way
could inhibit the "man" command
from finding all of the standard "man" pages.  You may need to create
an initial MANPATH something like this and then add the $PREFIX/man
directory to it.

  MANPATH=`find /usr /opt /man -type d -name man -print 2> /dev/null`
  MANPATH=`echo $MANPATH | sed 's/ /:/g'`
  export MANPATH

Note: It may be similar for LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and you may need to set an
initial LD_LIBRARY_PATH something like this.

  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`find /usr /opt /lib -type d -name lib -print 2> /dev/null`
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH | sed 's/ /:/g'`
  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Now log out and log in again so that your ".profile" variables
are in your environment.

=head2 Set Up a Development Environment (Windows)

See L<App::installguide::win32>.

=head1 INSTALL DEPENDENT SOFTWARE

=head2 Install Dependent Modules from CPAN

  perl -MCPAN -e shell
  cpan> install Date::Parse
  cpan> install Date::Format
  cpan> install Data::Dumper
  cpan> install Compress::Zlib
  cpan> install MIME::Base64
  cpan> install Storable
  cpan> install Exception::Class
  cpan> install Class::MethodMaker
  cpan> install Hook::LexWrap
  cpan> install Aspect
  cpan> exit

If anyone finds other dependent modules, please let me know.

=head1 GET App SOFTWARE

=head2 Get App From CPAN

The App is not yet on CPAN.
Try one of the other methods.

=head2 Get App from CVS (to develop App)

You should use this method if you *do* have commit access
on the App CVS repository.  (Note, substitute your CVS
user id for "LOGIN" below.)

  cd $PREFIX/src
  cvs -d :pserver:LOGIN@cvs.perl.org:/cvs/public login
  [enter your perl.org password]
  cvs -d :pserver:LOGIN@cvs.perl.org:/cvs/public co p5ee

Later, when you want to refresh your directory with the latest software
from CVS, you can repeat the same commands or you can do the following.

  cd $PREFIX/src/p5ee
  cvs update -dP

See a CVS document to find out how to create, delete, and modify files
and then submit changes.

=head2 Get App from CVS (anonymous, read-only access to latest App)

You should use this method if you do *not* have commit access
on the App CVS repository but you do want to stay up to date with the
latest App software (recommended, because there are no releases yet).

  cd $PREFIX/src
  cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.perl.org:/cvs/public login
  [press enter at the password prompt]
  cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.perl.org:/cvs/public co p5ee

Later, when you want to refresh your directory with the latest software
from CVS, you can repeat the same commands or you can do the following.

  cd $PREFIX/src/p5ee
  cvs update -dP

The "cvs update" method is the preferred way to get updates.

=head2 Get App from a Snapshot

If you do not have CVS on your system, you can still get reasonably