$ sudo mkdir /lab/perl $ sudo chown your_user_name: /lab/perl $ ... Fetch tarball ... $ ... Unpack tarball ... $ ... cd source directory ... $ ./Configure -des -Dprefix=/lab/perl $ make && make test && make install $ /lab/perl/bin/perl -MCPAN -eshell # Configure CPAN $ /lab/perl/bin/cpan -i Module1 Module2 Module3 Module4 ....