cd ~/perl
mkdir bin
mkdir .platforms
cd .platforms
mkdir SunOS5.8 Linux2.4.14
cd ..

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mkdir source
cd source
tar xzvf ~/stable.tar.gz        (or wherever it is)

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~/perl/.platforms/SunOS5.8      (or whichever platform you're on.)

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#!/bin/sh
system=`uname -s`
release=`uname -r`
exec $HOME/perl/.platform/$system$release/$0 "$@"

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cd ~/perl/bin
ln -s .wrapper perl