I've tried various ways of running programs ie:

print "Content-type: text-html\n\n"
$ls = `ls`;
print $ls;
[download]

On my test platform it works fine, on the server I need to install on, things come up blank.

This is on a Yahoo small business server; they didn't seem all that enthusiastic about installing a module for me.

Are there any ways to get around the need to compile the module? I'm perfectly willing to give up speed for not having to worry about it.