in reply to OSX Server Perl install modules

You need to run that under sudo. Also, you might want to consider using perlbrew which will allow you to install modules as a non-privileged user. From the shell: 

$ sudo cpan

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Re^2: OSX Server Perl install modules
by perldb2 (Initiate) on Jan 27, 2016 at 20:00 UTC
    Well sudo does not work either 
    cpan[2]> sudo install Finance::YahooQuote                             
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Unknown shell command 'sudo'. Type ? for help.

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      You need to use sudo for the CPAN shell: 
      sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell
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cpan> install Finance::YahooQuote

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        sudo in the shell worked! My silly mistake
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