I've found it easier to build my own perl, installing it away from the default O/S supplied version.

Then modules that do require compiling will be compiled in the same/similar environment to the interpreter and are more likely to work.

One stable, I'd test the new perl against existing scripts and if OK arrange a link or some other mechanism to make that the dafault.

Of course there may be local issues with installing the software required to build and installing a non "standard" version of perl but that sort of political issue is your problem.