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vcpan - Perl5 Module Installation Utility

bullet 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, do the following, depending on your Virtual Private Servers O/S.

  • FreeBSD & Solaris
    Connect to your Virtual Private Servers via Telnet or SSH and execute the following command.

    % 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

     

 

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


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