I suggested Perlbrew which I had assumed you used because you wrote:

"I looked at this also. [... various steps you performed ...] My @INC looks a lot better ..."

You don't need "configure and make and make test and make install". Review the link I provided; you'll see you just need 

perlbrew install perl-5.34.0

[download]

You can use other versions. At the time of writing, that webpage has "© 2021": 5.34.0 was released on 2021-May-20; 5.34.1 was released on 2022-Mar-13; 5.36.0 is probably just around the corner (see perlhist for other release dates if you're interested).

— Ken

In reply to Re^5: "Installed" Perl 5.34 , sort of by kcott
in thread "Installed" Perl 5.34 , sort of by misterperl

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