You will need to have all of these installed:

* Perl 5.8 and standard modules. (threads no longer required)
	NOTE: Many linux distros place Perl's standard modules in a separate
	package from Perl itself.
* MySQL 4.1 or 5.0. 5.1 and up are not supported.
* Event module from CPAN
* Date::Parse module from CPAN
Both the Event and Date::Parse modules should be available
in your favourite distro.

1. Create a MySQL database and user for services to use. Ask
your system administrator or see the MySQL manual for instructions.

2. Make sure your IRCd is configured correctly.

3. Type: cp config-example config
Then edit the config files for your network.

4. Type: ./db-setup.pl

5. Type: ./services.pl

6. Register your nick, then type: ./addroot.pl <yournick>