Cool - so now you should be able to build a (Linux) Perl that is identically configured as your target Perl.

It seems you have more faith in my abilities than I do!!!

As haukex suggested over here - Re^5: Installing PadWalker - I will start a new thread node once I have gathered together the various bits of information into one place. Then I shall be giving it a go. Although I reckon the time has definitely arrived to get a VPS, building a Linux Perl that is configured in a specific way must be a good learning experience.