Installation Overview

You can install vSphere SDK for Perl on a supported platform.

You can install vSphere SDK for Perl on a physical or virtual machine. See Installing and Uninstalling vSphere SDK for Perl on Linux Systems and Installing and Uninstalling vSphere SDK for Perl on Windows.

The content of the vSphere SDK for Perl installer package differs for different platforms.

Platform	Installation Process
Windows	You must install required software.
Linux	You must install required software and you must have Internet access. See Installing Prerequisite Software for Linux Systems. The installer downloads other Perl modules from CPAN.

Platform

Installation Process

Windows

You must install required software.

Linux

You must install required software and you must have Internet access. See Installing Prerequisite Software for Linux Systems.

The installer downloads other Perl modules from CPAN.

After installation, you can run vSphere SDK for Perl utility applications from the operating system command line. Each time you run a command, you can specify the target server connection options directly or indirectly. You can also write scripts and manage your vSphere environment using those scripts.