Don't move, restart a half-done try, change, or edit anything. Follow the steps in Re^4: Installing Modules Without Root exactly. Blank slate.

I just ran through the steps on a fresh machine with 5.8.8 and it worked perfectly. Unless I'm forgetting something they also worked perfectly on two other machines with different *nixes this weekend; both of which were causing problems on the "simple" install procedure in the Pod. You're almost there! And it's (typically) smooth sailing after you get it going.