vcpan - Perl5 Module Installation Utility
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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