Short notes on how to install clearsilver for perl: (you should read it, as step 4 is quite unusual) 1) download & untar http://clearsilver.net 2) configure The following configure options should be sufficient: ./configure --enable-perl \ --disable-python \ --disable-ruby \ --disable-java \ --disable-csharp \ --disable-apache \ --disable-gettext \ --disable-remote-debugger 3) make 4) the tricky part :) As the installation directory of clearsilver-perl is configured incorrectly, you should replace the existing SITEPREFIX line in perl/Makefile with the following: SITEPREFIX = $(PREFIX) (without the leading white space) 5) make install 6) done