If you want to build libraries yourself (without root access), you can still install them to non-standard directories (ie ones you can write to without root access). Download a tar ball from CPAN, and use the "LIB" and "PREFIX" command line parameters when running perl Makefile.PL to set the directory you would like files installed to by "make". See ExtUtils::MakeMaker

perl Makefile.PL LIB=~/lib PREFIX=~/lib
make
make test
make install
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