How to Manually Reinstall cPanel Perl RPMs

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This article demonstrates how to manually reinstall cPanel Perl RPMs. This is a valuable resource if the /scripts/check_cpanel_pkgs isn't working.

This guide is intended for root-level users of cPanel VPS and cPanel Dedicated Servers.

The first thing you should try to do is run the following command, which should reinstall the cPanel Perl RPMs:

/scripts/fix-cpanel-perl

If that command does NOT run successfully, you will want to follow these manual instructions:

Determine the installed OS.

[root@server ~]cPs# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core)

Use the rpm command to get the existing cpanel-perl version.

[root@server ~]cPs# rpm -qa | grep cpanel-perl | tail -1
cpanel-perl-536-statistics-descriptive-3.0800-1.cp108~el7.noarch

Construct the URL from which to download the RPMs.
```
http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/RPM/11.$CPVERSION/$OS/$OSVERSION/x86_64/
```
- The value of $CPVERSION is the number after the "cp" in the cpanel-perl package version found above.
```
cpanel-perl-536-statistics-descriptive-3.0800-1.cp108~el7.noarch
```
- The value of $OS is "centos," "cloudlinx," or "rhel" based on the contents of /etc/redhat-release.
- The value of $OSVERSION is the major version number of the OS.
From the output of the above examples, the URL is:
```
http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/RPM/11.108/centos/7/x86_64/
```
Run the following command to download and install the cpanel-perl packages.
```
rpm -qa cpanel-perl-VERSION*| grep cpCPVERSION | while read x; do rpm -ivh --nodeps --force http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/RPM/11.108/centos/7/x86_64/$x.rpm ; done
```
Please note that http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/RPM/11.108/centos/7/x86_64/ in the command should be replaced with the URL constructed above. VERSION should also be replaced with the cpanel-perl version number, and CPVERSION should be replaced with the cPanel version number.

You now know how to manually reinstall cPanel Perl RPMs.

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