/home/themanin/perl #as the path to use

#the following is used within the script. 
BEGIN {
    my $base_module_dir = (-d '/home/themanin/perl' ? '/home/themanin/perl' : ( getpwuid($>) )[7] . '/perl/');
    unshift @INC, map { $base_module_dir . $_ } @INC;
}
#although in saying this the FAQ side advises...
    *  Path to Perl: /usr/bin/perl
    * Path to Sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail
    * Home Directory: /home/your_username/