I.  Install ActivePerl
	(1) download from ftp://ftp.activestate.com/ActivePerl/Windows/ then install

II. Install Bioperl
	(1) go to dos command prompt; run c:\>ppm
	(2) ppm> rep add Bioperl http://bioperl.org/DIST
	ppm> rep add Kobes http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms
	ppm> rep add Bribes http://www.Bribes.org/perl/ppm
	ppm> search Bioperl
	ppm> install Bioperl-1.4 (maybe you like a different version list on screen)
	(3) ppm> exit
	(4) for more information, refer to http://www.bioperl.org/Core/Latest/INSTALL.WIN

III. Test Bioperl
	(1) run the following perl program
	use Bio::Perl;
	# this script will only work if you have an internet connection on the
	# computer you're using, the databases you can get sequences from 
	# are 'swiss', 'genbank', 'genpept', 'embl', and 'refseq'
	$seq_object = get_sequence('swiss',"ROA1_HUMAN");
	write_sequence(">roa1.fasta",'fasta',$seq_object);
	(2)If roa1.fasta can be found at the same direcotry as the perl scirpt, congralutions, you make it!!!!