there's nothing stopping you from installing modules yourself. you just can't put them in the main library.

tar zxvf SomeModule.tar.gz
cd SomeModule
perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/some/directory/you/can/write/to
make
make install
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and then, in your code:

use lib qw(/some/directory/you/can/write/to);
use Some::Module;
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anyway, having HTML::Template or Template::Toolkit installed are probably well worth whatever paperwork you have to go through.

anders pearson