in reply to Monitoring directory contents

File::Monitor is pure Perl (not XS) and has no non-core dependencies. So you should be able to download the distribution, and copy the ".pm" files into a directory you do have permission to write to. Then just:

use lib "/path/to/that/directory";
use File::Monitor;

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use Moops; class Cow :rw { has name => (default => 'Ermintrude') }; say Cow->new->name

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