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Chapter 2 Installing vCLI
XML‐LibXML‐1.63
libwww‐perl‐5.805
LWP‐Protocol‐https‐6.02
XML‐LibXML‐Common‐0.13
XML‐NamespaceSupport‐1.09
XML‐SAX‐0.16
Data‐Dump‐1.15
URI‐1.37
UUID‐0.03
SOAP‐Lite‐0.710.08
HTML‐Parser‐3.60
version‐0.78
Class‐MethodMaker‐2.10
Earlierversionsoflibwww‐perlincludetheLWP‐Protocol‐httpsmodule.Veryrecentversionsof
libwww‐perldonotincludetheLWP‐Protocol‐httpsmoduleandyouhavetoinstallthatmodule.
4TheinstallerproceedsdependingontheLinuxdistribution.
5AfterallrequiredsoftwareandallprerequisitePerl
modulesareinstalled,youcaninstallvCLI.See
“InstallingthevCLIPackageonRedHatEnterpriseLinux”onpage 16and“InstallingthevCLIPackage
onaLinuxSystemwithInternetAccess”onpage 18.
IfapreviousversionofvCLI,RemoteCLI,orvSphereSDKforPerlisinstalledonyoursystem,
andyouinstall
vCLIinadifferentdirectory,youmustresetthePATHenvironmentvariable.Youcandosobeforeorafterthe
installation,usingthecommandappropriateforyourdistributionandshell(setenv,export,andsoon).If
youdonotresetthepath,thesystemmightstill
lookforexecutablesintheoldlocation.
NOTEIfyouintendtorunvCLIcommandswithSSLcertification,be suretocheckthatLWP::UserAgent
6.00orlaterisinstalled.Theinstallerdoesnotcheckthismodule,andearlierversionsdonotworkwith
SSL.
Linux distribution Installer behavior
RHEL(NoInternet
access)
OnRHEL,theinstallerallowsyoutoinstallPerlmoduleswithCPANifInternetaccessis
available.
IfnoInternetaccessisavailable,andifarecommendedPerlmoduleisnotfoundatall,the
installerinstallsit.Ifadifferentversionofthemoduleisfound,
theinstallerdoesnotinstall
itandproceedswiththeinstallationprocess.Attheendoftheinstallationprocess,the
installerinformsyouiftheversiononthesystemdoesnotmatchtherecommended
version,andrecommendsthatyouinstalltheversionvCLIwastestedwith.Youcaninstall
the
modulesusingthepackageinstallerforyourplatform,theinstallationCD,orCPAN.
Note:TheinstallerdoesnotoverwriteexistingversionsofrecommendedPerlmodules.
Youmustexplicitlyupdatethosemodulesyourself.
AllLinux
distributions
(Internetaccess)
TheinstallerproceedsdependingonwhetherthePerlmodulesarefound.
IfarecommendedPerlmoduleisnotfoundatall,theinstallerinstallsitusingCPAN.
YoumustmeettheinstallationprerequisitesortheinstallercannotinstallthePerl
modulesandstops.See“InstallingvCLIonLinuxSystemswithInternetAccess”on
page 17.
Ifalowerversionofarecommendedmoduleisfound,theinstallerdoesnotinstalla
differentversionfromCPANandproceedswithinstallation.Aftercompleting
installation,theinstallerdisplaysamessagethattheversiononthesystemdoesnot
matchtherecommendedversion,andrecommendsthatyouinstalltheversion
vCLI
wastestedwith.Youcaninstallthemodulesusingthepackageinstallerforyour
platform,theinstallationCD,orCPAN.
Ifahigherversionofarecommendedmoduleisfound,theinstallerproceedswith
installationanddoesnotdisplayamessageafterinstallation.
Note:TheinstallerdoesnotoverwriteexistingversionsofrecommendedPerlmodules.
Youmustexplicitlyupdatethosemodulesyourself.
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