gzip -d perl-5.14.2.tar.gz tar -xf perl-5.14.2.tar # This creates a new directory perl-5.14.2 cd perl-5.14.2 ./Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr/opt/perl_5_14_2 # directory should be unique and already exist make make test make install # This will install to /usr/opt/perl_5_14_2 ln -s /usr/opt/perl_5_14_2/bin/perl /usr/local/bin/myperl