Update / upgrade Perl on cPanel servers.
When a new version of Perl is available you may wish to upgrade for compatibility or security. Often you will be notified by cPanel of the need to upgrade. Our guide will show you how to do that.
First check if you need an update:
perl -v
Is the version the latest you need?
You can see what the latest update is by browsing to http://layer1.cpanel.net/ or use lynx on the server. Once you find an upgrade save the link. Then run the following and change the link to the one you just saved:
cd ~ wget http://layer1.cpanel.net/perl588installer.tar.gz tar xvzpf perl588installer.tar.gz cd perl588installer ./install
Once the process completes cPanel may require an update too:
/scripts/upcp --force /scripts/checkperlmodules --full | less
Check for error messages by running /scripts/checkperlmodules through less.
