Your biggest problem is , your not searching for the answers; you're waiting for us to search for you.
I don't know what happened with your install, but i can assure you you didn't follow instructions and left something out , or did something wrong (during install). As to what it was, there are many reasons, you have to figure for yourself. here is a forum search for "perl doesn't work";
http://eqemulator.net/forums/search.php?searchid=490793
You need to look for your answers, this way you'll get faster response.