Download the source from http://www.cpan.org/src/README.html
This link http://www.effectiveperlprogramming.com/blog/750 shows how to compile a development version of Perl. A stable version is even simpler: You leave out the -Dusedevel option. If you want to install multiple instances of Perl, but can't be arsed to manage them, you could try App::perlbrew[0]. Brian. [0] http://search.cpan.org/~gugod/App-perlbrew-0.15/lib/App/perlbrew.pm