This is Perl module App::Home. INSTALLATION App::Home installation is straightforward. If your CPAN shell is set up, you should just be able to do % cpan App::Home Download it, unpack it, then build it as per the usual: % perl Makefile.PL % make && make test Then install it: % make install DOCUMENTATION App::Home documentation is available as in POD. So you can do: % perldoc App::Home to read the documentation online with your favorite pager. polocky