thanks to all for replies so far...
The problem with installing the module via CPAN is that it would need to be done on many servers which is not practical. I may need a re-think on how to deploy. It's a shame coz the Clients that I deploy to don't even need the Sybase:DBlib! Only the Server needs it (which already has it installed and working). Thing is, I want all my perl in 1 script which takes a parameter on the command line like Send or Recv depending on whether it's the client(sender) or server(recv)