LPM: How do you use CPAN?

[Michael Wallace]

Could someone give me a good description on how to use CPAN?  I am a newbie
in this Perlish world, and need some help getting some modules.
Specifically, I do not have root permission on the box I'm using, and so I
want to install the modules under my personal directory.  How do I direct
the install to install in my directory and not in
/path/to/where/perl/is/installed/ ??  Secondly, once I get the modules
installed, what do I need to do to get my program to locate the modules
since they are in an uncommon place (i.e. my directory)??

Michael