Solution: Module installation
examples/cpan/acme_camel.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl =pod search.cpan.org search Acme::EyeDrops download the latest Acme-EyeDrops gziped file (for me it was Acme-EyeDrops-1.01.tar.gz) mkdir modules (create a local directory where we'll install the module) tar xzf Acme-EyeDrops-1.01.tar.gz cd Acme-EyeDrops-1.01 perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/user/modules LIB=/home/user/module/lib (the full path to the directory you created for the modules) make make test make install Create a script called hello_world.pl that asks for your name and then prints Hello NAME. Run this script. See the camel. Now run this script and redirect to another file perl acme_camel.pl > camel.pl Now run the camel: perl camel.pl =cut use strict; use warnings; use lib qw (/home/user/modules/lib/); use Acme::EyeDrops qw (sightly); print sightly({ Shape => 'camel', SourceFile => 'hello_world.pl', });