Upgrade Perl to 5.8.8 (Cpanel 11.4.2)

The cpanel 11 requires perl version 5.8.8. To upgrade the perl version in the server you can use following steps:-

1. Download perl 5.8.8 using following link:-

# wget http://layer1.cpanel.net/perl588installer.tar.gz

2. Untar the tar package using following command

# tar -vzxf perl588installer.tar.gz

3. Then Install

# cd perl588installer
# ./install

Once this has completed, execute the following to ensure that all modules required by cPanel are installed, and restart cPanel:

/usr/local/cpanel/bin/checkperlmodules
/usr/local/cpanel/startup

4. Check and confirm the perl version using the command:

perl -v

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