Adding DBI and DBD::mysql Perl modules to mySQL LAMP

I am trying to add the DBD module to Perl in my LAMP in order to write some Perl insert scripts into the mySQL database w/o success. It appears as if make is needed by CPAN, i am not sure how to equip the LAMP to be able to make make make it. So to speak...

please advise.

Cheers,

   ///peo