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in reply to Is it possible to use modules without installing them?

... the distro of Perl on my website doesn't have GD installed and I am unable to install it there.

GD has been around for quite a while now. If you're ISP doesn't have it, or if you can't get them to install it for you, treat this as a big warning flag, and start looking around for a new, Perl-friendly ISP.