in reply to To Run perl through CGI

Did you configure Apache to run perl scripts from the directory where you have your perl script? Did you restart Apache as root after you finished the configuration? Did you make your perl script executable? What error message do you find in the Apache error log?

Also, please post the test script that you're trying to run. There are many, many possible reasons why it doesn't work; that's why more details are required, as mentioned in previous replies.

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Re^2: To Run perl through CGI
by sidvanga (Initiate) on Nov 06, 2015 at 06:09 UTC
    I have updated my question can you please help me out.
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      Change 
      Alias /cgi-bin /var/www/cgi-bin/

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      to be 
      ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/cgi-bin/

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      (note use of ScriptAlias rather than Alias and the new trailing slash in the first string after ScriptAlias)
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      Your test script cannot run because it is not a cgi script, so Apache cannot run it. Try this instead:

      #!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

print "<html>";
print "<header><title>Hello</title></header>";
print "<body>";
print "<p>Hello World!</p>\n";
print "</body>";
print "</html>";

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      The next problem is your Apache configuration. What version is Apache? You can find that by typing this into a terminal:

      apachectl -V

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      If your Apache is 2.4, you need to add this line to the configuration:

      Require all granted

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      That goes at the bottom of your directory configuration. Also make the changes that davebaker and AnonymousMonk have mentioned.

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