You should be able to install modules in a non-standard directory without needing root privileges.

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Here's a relevant snippet on how to insall modules in a personal directory from their excellent documentation:

When you build modules, use the PREFIX option when 
generating Makefiles: 

perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/mydir/perl 

then either set the PERL5LIB environment variable before 
you run scripts that use the modules/libraries (see the
perlrun manpage) or say: 

use lib '/home/mydir/perl';

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