The simple installation procedure includes copying files to their destination in /usr/local (that's the default) and processing the encodings and fonts included with the package. The default location for the config file is /etc/crops/crops.conf. If you change that, either define the CROPS_CONFIG environment variable, or specify --config option on the command line when invoking crops tools. To see install options, type: perl install.pl To get Usage help: perl install.pl -u To install: perl install.pl [options] --install