Philip! You already know this but you're a genius!
It worked just as you said. I used the rm -rf commands to remove any reference to Apache2 in the perl directories then reinstalled mod_perl-2.0.1 and all is well - okay, so far. I have a TON to learn about how to use it but it works as promised in the documentation. The example perl works from the perl directory. They key for me was removing the already existing stuff. I will be better about that next time! Also, in case this helps anyone else out - I removed the reference in the httpd.conf file "PerlModule Apache2" so that the perl was no longer looking for /Apache2/ in the perl directories. It's all fine now. Thanks again!
And sorry, Stas! You're right. I spent days in the archives and they are difficult to find who wrote what. I should have remembered that!
Thanks again! You'll NEVER know how VERY much this is appreciated! Ronni