Upgrading Perl Version On cPanel Dedicated Server
If you are looking for upgrading perl version on your cpanel dedicated server then you can use following steps :
You need to check current version of Perl version
# perl –v
You may get following output : ‘This is perl, v5.8.7 built for i686-linux’ if your server have older version.
Now if you need to upgrade perl version on your cPanel server then
1) Download the latest perl installer from cPanel site.
# wget http://layer1.cpanel.net/perl588installer.tar.gz
2) Untar the file as,
# tar -zxvf perl588installer.tar.gz
3) Change the directory to perl588installer
# cd perl588installer
4) Now run the installer file as,
# ./install
5) Check perl modules
# /scripts/checkperlmodules
6) Force a cPanel update
# /scripts/upcp –force
that’s all… now you can check latest version of perl on your dedicated server using ‘perl –v’
