How do I upgrade my version of Perl?

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martinthurn

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Tell your sysadmin that he's running an old buggy, security-risk dangerous version of perl and he must upgrade 8-)
WHAT OS??? Sounds like a Unix flavor if you say "home directory"...
Download perl, unzip it, run Configure. When it asks you where to install, enter /home/name/bin or whatever. Then make test and make install. Then add /home/name/bin to your path.
 
I need to update the module LWP::UserAgent to a newer version, but it requires Perl v.5.8.8 at least, and mine's 5.8.7.

I am not the root user, but I want to install a newer version of Perl on my system (in my home directory). Could anyone help me on how to do this??

I'm a complete "NOOB" when it comes to installing packages and stuff, so could you please try to explain it simply rather in a lot of jargon? xD

Thanks in advance
 
Tell your sysadmin that he's running an old buggy, security-risk dangerous version of perl and he must upgrade 8-)
WHAT OS??? Sounds like a Unix flavor if you say "home directory"...
Download perl, unzip it, run Configure. When it asks you where to install, enter /home/name/bin or whatever. Then make test and make install. Then add /home/name/bin to your path.
 
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