It seems to me you are new to linux and make as well, but that won't stop you i hope. Linux rules :-).
Try the rpm, like perl-DBD-mysql-2.9003-1.i586.rpm for suze (i don't know the exact version you're using, but it seems to me if you have a specific distribution, most modules can be found (and updated) using the package system of that distribution.
Second, probably all needed dependencies will be shown to you as well.
I (for example) try to use the deb-files, so a simple apt-get upgrade would update all the perl modules as well.