installing Text-Balanced module

I am installing Text-Balanced module locally.
perl Makefile.PL .. step does not complete.

It bails out with the foll. error:
Warning: prerequisite version 0 not found.
Could not eval '
            package ExtUtils::MakeMaker::_version;
            no strict;

            local $VERSION;
            $VERSION=undef; do {
                use version; $VERSION = qv('2.0.0');
            }; $VERSION
        ' in lib/Text/Balanced.pm: Can't locate version.pm in @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at (eval 4) line 7, <FH> line 13.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 4) line 7, <FH> line 13.
WARNING: Setting VERSION via file 'lib/Text/Balanced.pm' failed
 at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 506
Writing Makefile for Text::Balanced

This looks like a dependency issue. Can someone tell me what module
should I be installing before I can
install Text-Balanced?

Regards