$ PERL5LIB=/home/LameNerd/PERL_MODS_INSTALL:/home/LameNerd/PERL_MODS_INSTALL/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
$ export PERL5LIB
$ perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/LameNerd
....
$ make
....
$ make test 
.... ok 100%!
$ make install
...