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vcpan - Perl5 Module Installation Utility


  SEE ALSO
· Perl
· Perl Modules
· Installing Pre-Packaged Perl5 Modules
· Installing Your Own Perl5 Modules
· vcpan
· mod_perl
If you require a Perl5 Module that is not included in the Perl5 Standard Libraries or the perlpac1 distribution, you may be able use the vcpan utility to install it. The vcpan utility is a wrapper around the perl5 -MCPAN -e shell command that automates module download and installation.

To launch vcpan into interactive mode, connect to your Virtual Private Server via Telnet or SSH and do the following.
FreeBSD & Solaris

% vcpan
NOTE: If you receive an out of memory error while running vcpan, you may temporarily extend your memory limits by invoking the unlimit command before running vcpan (also available in certain shells as ulimit):
% unlimit

Documentation

To access the vcpan online help, do this:
% vcpan -h


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