1. downloaded threads-1.77.tar.gz
2. untared into /ssy/nos/threads_lib
3. cd /ssy/nos/threads_lib/threads-177
4. perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/ssy/nos/threads_libs/lib
5. make
6. make test
7. make install
8. perl -Mthreads -e 'use lib "/ssy/nos/thread_libs/lib/";die $threads::VERSION'
I get: 1.07 at -e line 1.