The functionality and elegance of Xforms GUI is comparable to Motif's, yet the Xforms libraries are free if used non-commercially. This command creates the subdirectory Xforms4Perl-0.8.4. Xforms allows for the support of OpenGL, and if you want to access it from Xforms4Perl, or if you need to modify some default paths or library locations, you will need to edit the Makefile.
Type make .
Once installation is complete, you can then start writing Perl code which uses Xforms. You might also check out some of the demos that come with PerlXForms, such as the author's XFtool which is similar to the Microsoft Office Toolbar. The rest of this article assumes you have an existing fundamental understanding of Xforms and Perl, although both are so easy to use you can probably pick them up from looking at a few examples. In order to help explain how to use the Xforms4Perl Library, I will use as an example the development of a simple phone book application from start to finish. The best place to start is with the fdesign application that comes with the Xforms library.