Perl apps

Install CPAN packages

CPAN (opens new window) is a comprehensive module repository for Perl. CPAN packages may be installed from command-line using the CPAN shell.

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install ACL::Lite

ACL::Lite package will be installed in /usr/local/lib/perl5.

This is the recommend approach for Site Administrators. Packages installed as the Appliance Administrator will not be accessible by sites. We'll need to install packages system-wide using a relocated directory under /.socket to accomplish this in the next section.

Installing system-wide

Modify CPAN to install into "vendor".

perl -MCPAN -e shell
o conf makepl_arg INSTALLDIRS=vendor
o conf commit

Perl modules will install under /usr/share/perl5, which is relocated to /.socket/perl5/share, a special shared path for system files.