You need several CPAN modules to use these scripts. If you use Debian GNU/Linux, you can install them like so: sudo aptitude install -R libdatetime-format-mysql-perl libdatetime-perl \ libdbd-mysql-perl libdbix-class-perl libemail-valid-perl libfile-slurp-perl \ libio-prompt-perl libmime-base64-perl libmime-lite-perl libstring-mkpasswd-perl \ libtemplate-perl libyaml-syck-perl This will most probably work for Ubuntu as well.