distro/version for installing vSphere CLI 6? Can't get it to install

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I downloaded VMware-vSphere-CLI-6.0.0-2503617.x86_64.tar.gz from here:

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VCLI600&productId=491

Unfortunately that page doesn't suggest a specific distro that can run vcli.

I unpacked and ran the installer on an Ubuntu 16.04.1-LTS VM. I installed dependencies, but it complained that some modules were the wrong version:

  Module: ExtUtils::MakeMaker, Version: 6.96 

  Module: Module::Build, Version: 0.4205 

  Module: Net::FTP, Version: 2.77

  Module: LWP, Version: 5.837 

I told it to continue and it installed a load of stuff from CPAN, but got stuck at SOAP::Lite and never progressed - I left it for a good hour.

So I looked at a Red Hat EL7.2 machine and its version of those perl modules was much older; I thought that RHEL7.2 would be an obvious choice as a platform for this. Obviously not.

Please can anyone help who has installed this and had it running?

thanks

Module: ExtUtils::MakeMaker, Version: 6.96 

Module: Module::Build, Version: 0.4205 

Module: Net::FTP, Version: 2.77 

Module: LWP, Version: 5.837 

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OK, it seems to be an actual bug in the cpan module.

I got further by installing the package libsoap-lite-perl from the OS repository so the cpan installer didn't try and find it.

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sigh, and now I get this problem

CPAN not able to install following Perl modules on the system. These must be 

installed manually for use by vSphere CLI:

Devel::StackTrace 1.31 or newer 

Class::Data::Inheritable 0.08 or newer 

Convert::ASN1 0.26 or newer 

Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA 0.28 or newer 

Crypt::X509 0.51 or newer 

Exception::Class 1.37 or newer 

UUID::Random 0.04 or newer 

Archive::Zip 1.28 or newer 

Try::Tiny 0.22 or newer 

Class::MethodMaker 2.10 or newer 

UUID 0.03 or newer 

Data::Dump 1.15 or newer 

Socket6  0.23 or newer 

IO::Socket::INET6 2.71 or newer 

Net::INET6Glue 0.600_1 or newer 

CPAN not able to install following Perl modules on the system. These must be 

installed manually for use by vSphere CLI:

Devel::StackTrace 1.31 or newer 

Class::Data::Inheritable 0.08 or newer 

Convert::ASN1 0.26 or newer 

Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA 0.28 or newer 

Crypt::X509 0.51 or newer 

Exception::Class 1.37 or newer 

UUID::Random 0.04 or newer 

Archive::Zip 1.28 or newer 

Try::Tiny 0.22 or newer 

Class::MethodMaker 2.10 or newer 

UUID 0.03 or newer 

Data::Dump 1.15 or newer 

Socket6  0.23 or newer 

IO::Socket::INET6 2.71 or newer 

Net::INET6Glue 0.600_1 or newer 

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OK, I had to install "make" and "libextutils-makemaker-cpanfile-perl" packages.

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then install libcrypt-ssleay-perl libcrypt-openssl-rsa-perl

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then install libclass-methodmaker-perl, libuuid-perl, libsocket6-perl, libsocket-perl

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I think I got there in the end. the installer finally completed with this warning:

The following Perl modules were found on the system but may be too old to work with vSphere CLI:

LWP::Protocol::https 5.805 or newer 

Socket6  0.23 or newer 

LWP::Protocol::https 5.805 or newer 

Socket6  0.23 or newer 

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good news, the tool does work, but I do get an error when it runs

/usr/local/vmware/bin# ./vifs --help

Possible precedence issue with control flow operator at /usr/share/perl/5.22/VMware/VICommon.pm line 2332.

root@vassa-auxiliary:/usr/local/vmware/bin# vifs --help

Possible precedence issue with control flow operator at /usr/share/perl/5.22/VMware/VICommon.pm line 2332.