To install Syntax::Highlight::Perl on your system, as root: perl Makefile.PL make make install If you do not have root access, use the PREFIX argument (and, optionally, INSTALLMAN3DIR for the man(1) pages) to Makefile.PL: perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=[LIBDIR] make make install Syntax::Highlight::Perl is Pure Perl and has no dependancies. To install this module with only FTP access, simply create the appropriate subdirectory, Syntax/Highlight/, under whatever directory you are using for Perl libraries (you will probably have to `use lib' that directory in your script) and upload the module (Perl.pm) into that directory.