The five steps contain the knowledge of language if you have already learned these languages than you dont need to know about these steps.
1.Python
2.C/C++
3.Java
4.Perl
5.Lisp
6.(depends)Linux/unix
1st step - Learning python, there are good tutorials given in Python website, u can learn easily from there this language. Here are some links -
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My guide is based upon Eric S. Raymond's guide