Merry Christmas everyone!

If you’re celebrating Christmas at your Unix console, wouldn’t it be fun to have a Christmas tree in your shell? It sure would! Follow these steps to have your own Christmas tree in the shell.

Step 1: Install Acme::POE::Tree Perl Module.

Type the following at your shell, it will install Acme::POE::Tree Perl module:

perl -MCPAN -e 'install Acme::POE::Tree'

If you get notified that you are missing dependencies, answer ‘yes’ to have them installed.

Step 2: Celebrate Christmas at Console.

Type this to have your Christmas tree up and running:

perl -MAcme::POE::Tree -e 'Acme::POE::Tree->new()->run()'

The result:

Animated Acme::POE::Tree Perl Christmas Tree

Merry Christmas!

Ps. I created a geeky wish list at Amazon.com. I’d appreciate a Christmas or New Year present. The list is here: Peter’s Amazon.com Wish List. Thank you! :)