[Bioperl-l] Newbie Q's

[Pat Schloss]

Hi,

I'm having a bit of trouble installing everything that's necessary for
running bioperl.  What I'd like to do is submit sequences for BLASTing
and then manipulate the output.  I downloaded and un-tar-ed the main
file from bioperl.org and it is currently residing in
/usr/local/src/bioperl-1.0.2.  I also installed the bundle from CPAN. 
Finally, I also downloaded blast.linux.tar.Z and un-tar-ed it in
/usr/local/src.  So I'm not sure if what I've done is correct.  Any
suggestions on how to check?

Also, is there a somewhat clearcut explanation somewhere of how to BLAST
a couple sample sequences and retrieve the information?  I've read
through Tisdall's _Beginning Perl..._ book and O'Reilly's other book
_Learning Perl_.  So that's my level of expertise and am still unsure
how modules and remote access of databases works.  Any thoughts on how
to other sources of information?

Thanks,
Pat