Chapter 20. The Perl client module
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## Chapter 20. The Perl client module

While the C clients shipped with RefDB are quite versatile and scriptable, you may have a desire to bypass these clients and write scripts that directly talk to the RefDB server. The separately available RefDBClient::Client Perl module implements the client/server communication necessary to run all commands offered by the C clients from a Perl script.

## Installation

Like with most Perl modules, the following command sequence will install the Perl module on your system

          ~$
          perl Makefile.PL

          ~$
          make

          ~$
          make install

### Note

You need root permissions to run the last command on most systems.

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