Steps to install the test version of VASM 2.0:

0) Upgrade to perl 5.8.8 from slapt-get...we want to be on the same page

1) Grab these modules. I have them packaged for slapt-get:

   * Tie::Hash::Indexed
   * XML::Parser (I repackaged this for completion)
   * File::BaseDir
   * File::MimeInfo
   * URI
   * XML::Writer
   * UI::Dialog
   * Gtk2 and Glib
   * Archive::Tar, IO::Zlib, and Compress::Zlib
   * Expect, IO::Tty, and IO::Stty
   * Image::Magick (which also comes with Vector, if you have a recent
     ImageMagick package)
   * IO::Scalar (a part of the IO-stringy package)

2) Install the fixed version of CDialog.pm from the archive as root:

   [root@ayodhya/path/to/VASM/root]# cp CDialog.pm.fixed \
   /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/UI/Dialog/Backend/CDialog.pm

   It allows localized yes/no labels, which is essential! Unfortunately, the
   original developer of UI::Dialog seems not to be responding. :?

3) Point perl to the added modules and classes. There are a number of ways one
   could go about doing this, but the most reliable, IMO, is: 
   export PERL5LIB=/path/to/VASM/root. You may wish to add this to .bashrc or
   equivalent customization files.

4) Set up the environment variables XDG_CONFIG_HOME and XDG_DATA_HOME. These
   will be the root of the package + 'config' and 'data', respectively:

   export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/path/to/VASM/root/config
   export XDG_DATA_HOME=/path/to/VASM/root/data

   These too might be more convenient if placed in a startup customization
   file for your shell.
