CPAN

Use cpanminus to make installing / upgrading CPAN modules simple and possible in low-memory environments.

Install cpanminus:

curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - App::cpanminus

The application name is cpanm once installed.

Upgrade CPAN modules with cpanm

This will skip tests and display verbose output:

cpan-outdated -p | cpanm -n -v

Upgrade CPAN

cpan
install CPAN
reload cpan