Sorry to be confusing, I dont have rights to install. I havn't looked at $package2 and $package3 yet, so if they also need to be installed I will not be able to use them either.

I will look at perlmodinstall.

I belive the host supports mod perl but unsure, I will check on that as well.

Mostly I wanted to update an old cgi (perl but not mod perl) program that uses flat files. I'm trying to feel out some better options.