Hi again,
many thanks to all respondents: expat 1.95.1 installed without a hitch using
simply:
% ./configure
% make
% sudo make install
I installed XML::Parser 2.30 by adding in the explicit paths, as suggested
by Nathaniel:
% perl Makefile.PL EXPATLIBPATH=/usr/local/lib/ \
EXPATINCPATH=/usr/local/include/
% make
% make test
(All successful)
% sudo make install
The end result is one happy camper. Module in place, doing what it's
supposed to do; auxiliary XML modules about to be added to the fire.
Thanks again,
Paul