to install this module simply follow the canonical procedure for installing any perl module $ tar zxvf Apache-SizeLimit-0.XX.tar.gz $ cd Apache-SizeLimit-0.XX $ perl Makefile.PL For static mod_perl use -httpd /path/to/httpd For dynamic mod_perl use -apxs /path/to/apxs $ make $ sudo make install for further directions, see the README.