Installing modules on MacPerl is somewhat of a mixed-bag experience at times--most things are easy, and some things are just impossible, unless you have a compiler and a certain amount of free time. Fortunately, what you're trying to do is easy--go to MacPerl Module Porters and look down at the bottom of the page for the paragraph on installation. Short answer is that you need the cpan-mac distribution, from Chris Nandor (includes a Mac version of CPAN.pm and the aforementioned installme applet). I'd elaborate, but it seems silly--the docs are all there, and they're an easy read.

While you're there, look at the rest of the page--a fair number of very handy modules requiring compilation are linked from it.

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