I used to use a provider called http://ipowerweb.com. They were pretty good, actually, and the reason I don't use them any more was because I wanted the power and flexibility (e.g. dns, mod_perl) of having my own virtual linux node (at http://www.linode.com/).

I got a few Perl applications going on http://ipowerweb.com like twiki which required additional CPAN modules.

What I would do is download the necessary CPAN modules onto my local machine and make the module. Note that you MUST build a Perl version as binaries are unlikely to work on a remote virtual host.

Next, I would bundle up my modules into a particular location, and FTP them onto my virtual server (e.g. into the /home/myusername/perllib/ directory).

Lastly I would ensure my Perl script would have a 

use lib '/home/myusername/perllib';

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statement so that Perl would know where to find my modules.

In the case of twiki, which already has several Perl modules that are used by the application, I bundled my CPAN modules into the same directory as those that came with the application and ensured the library path was correctly set in the application configuration file.

In reply to Re: loading Perl modules onto virtual web host by monarch
in thread loading Perl modules onto virtual web host by alex452

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