I am trying to install CPAN so I can install some CPAN Perl modules. I don't have root access so I am trying to install everything on this remote server locally under my user id.

I tried the yum command:  yum -y install perl-CPAN which obviously doesn't work because I am not a root user.

I also tried installing CPAN without yum command, which just returns an error saying CPAN.pm can't be located.

I did my research and gathered info that in order to install these modules locally, I would need to set proper environment variables under perl5 directory. I am not sure how to do that. Also, every time I unzip a tar file for any module and try to run the install command, it returns an error saying that module's .pm file is not located.

Any suggestions or directions on how I can go about doing this? Thanks

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