INSTALL PERL6 (RAKUDO WITH MOARVM)
Last release is 2015.12 but 2016.01 is in preparation as of 20160123
% git clone git://github.com/rakudo/rakudo.git
% cd rakudo
% git checkout 2016.01-preparation
% perl Configure.pl --prefix /opt/rakudo-2016.01-prep --gen-moar
% make test && make install
INSTALL PANDA (LIKE CPAN)
% export PATH=$PATH:/opt/rakudo-2016.01-prep/bin
% git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/tadzik/panda.git
% cd panda
% perl6 bootstrap.pl
% export PATH=$PATH:/opt/rakudo-2016.01-prep/share/perl6/site/bin
INSTALL SOME USEFUL MODULES
% panda install Task::Star
# list modules
% p6doc -l
% p6doc Foo::Bar
SOME DOCS
or
https://github.com/rakudo/star/raw/master/docs/2015-spw-perl6-course.pdf
Suggestions also at
https://gist.github.com/stmuk/5b97c66be0acaf189685
* building Rakudo/Moar on exotic platforms (main support currently is Windows, Linux and MacOS X with *BSDs lagging a bit)
* writing test coverage for fixed tickets under https://github.com/perl6/roast (very easy)
- http://rakudo.org/rt/testneeded
(click through XSS false positive if you see one)
* porting a Perl 5 module to Perl 6
- a great way to get started since the result is generally cleaner and clearer code (although it is currently slower in most cases)
- current modules at
* fixing bugs/tests for existing perl6 modules
* more complex raduko fixes (or MoarVM even) - although this needs more knowledge of Perl 6 internals