To install perl modules without root permission, this seems to work for me within cpan: o conf mbuildpl_arg "\ --lib=~/myperl/lib \ --installman1dir=~/myperl/man/man1 \ --installman3dir=~/myperl/man/man3 \ --installscript=~/myperl/bin \ --installbin=~/myperl/bin \ --install_base=~/myperl" o conf makepl_arg "\ LIB=~/myperl/lib \ INSTALLMAN1DIR=~/myperl/man/man1 \ INSTALLMAN3DIR=~/myperl/man/man3 \...