SOLVED Cannot Start due to Perl Errors

Hello,

Ran updates on my cloudlinux cpanel server earlier today and currently cant start cpanel. getting following error output:

Code:

# service cpanel start
Starting cpanel:
Waiting for cpaneld to shutdown ... not running.
Waiting for webmaild to shutdown ... not running.
/usr/local/cpanel/etc/init/stopcphulkd: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/524/lib64/perl5/5.24.1/x86_64-linux-64int/auto/attributes/attributes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/usr/local/cpanel/etc/init/stopcpdavd: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/524/lib64/perl5/5.24.1/x86_64-linux-64int/auto/attributes/attributes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Waiting for cpdavd-ssl to shutdown ... not running.
Waiting for cpanellogd to shutdown ... not running.
Waiting for eximstats to shutdown ... not running.
mailmanctl: no process killed
Waiting for eximstats to shutdown ... not running.
/usr/local/cpanel/etc/init/stoptailwatchd: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/524/lib64/perl5/5.24.1/x86_64-linux-64int/auto/attributes/attributes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/usr/local/cpanel/etc/init/stopqueueprocd: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/524/lib64/perl5/5.24.1/x86_64-linux-64int/auto/attributes/attributes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/usr/local/cpanel/etc/init/stopp0f: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/524/lib64/perl5/5.24.1/x86_64-linux-64int/auto/attributes/attributes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[+] No running cPGreyList process found.
You may be running this update interactively from within WHM.
It is necessary we restart cpsrvd, but this will kill the session displaying update progress.
Please see the logs in /var/cpanel/updatelogs/ for further information if the update progress stops

/usr/local/cpanel/etc/init/startcpsrvd: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/524/lib64/perl5/5.24.1/x86_64-linux-64int/auto/attributes/attributes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/usr/local/cpanel/etc/init/startqueueprocd: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/524/lib64/perl5/5.24.1/x86_64-linux-64int/auto/attributes/attributes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/restartsrv_dnsadmin: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/524/lib64/perl5/5.24.1/x86_64-linux-64int/auto/attributes/attributes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/usr/local/cpanel/etc/init/starttailwatchd: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/524/lib64/perl5/5.24.1/x86_64-linux-64int/auto/attributes/attributes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/usr/local/cpanel/etc/init/startp0f: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/524/lib64/perl5/5.24.1/x86_64-linux-64int/auto/attributes/attributes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/usr/local/cpanel/etc/init/startcpgreylistd: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/524/lib64/perl5/5.24.1/x86_64-linux-64int/auto/attributes/attributes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/usr/local/cpanel/etc/init/startcpanel_php_fpm: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/524/lib64/perl5/5.24.1/x86_64-linux-64int/auto/attributes/attributes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/usr/local/cpanel/etc/init/startcphulkd: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/524/lib64/perl5/5.24.1/x86_64-linux-64int/auto/attributes/attributes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/usr/local/cpanel/etc/init/startcpdavd: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/524/lib64/perl5/5.24.1/x86_64-linux-64int/auto/attributes/attributes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/restartsrv_cpanellogd: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/524/lib64/perl5/5.24.1/x86_64-linux-64int/auto/attributes/attributes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

i think i've tracked it to a problem with perl 522 spamassin

when i run /scripts/check_cpanel_rpms i get:

Code:

[2017-03-20 18:26:26 +1100]   The following RPMs are unneeded on your system and should be uninstalled:
[2017-03-20 18:26:26 +1100]   cpanel-ImageMagick-obsolete
[2017-03-20 18:26:26 +1100]   cpanel-perl-522-Mail-SpamAssassin-obsolete
[2017-03-20 18:26:26 +1100]   rpm_is_working-1.0-1.cp1136

but when it asks to remove them it fails to do so.

when it then tries to install cpanel-perl-524 modules it errors eg:

Code:

[2017-03-20 18:27:01 +1100]   Preparing packages for installation...
[2017-03-20 18:27:02 +1100]     file /etc/mail/spamassassin/kill-spamd.sh from install of cpanel-perl-524-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.004001-5.cp1162.x86_64 conflicts with file from package cpanel-perl-522-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.004001-13.cp1156.x86_64
[2017-03-20 18:27:02 +1100] W Error Code: 254
[2017-03-20 18:27:02 +1100] E The following possible errors were detected while installing RPMs:
[2017-03-20 18:27:02 +1100] E package rpm_is_working is not installed
[2017-03-20 18:27:02 +1100]   The Administrator will be notified to review this output when this script completes
[2017-03-20 18:27:02 +1100]   Hooks system enabled.
[2017-03-20 18:27:02 +1100]   Checking for and running RPM::Versions 'post' hooks for any RPMs about to be installed
[2017-03-20 18:27:03 +1100]   All required 'post' hooks have been run
[2017-03-20 18:27:03 +1100]   Restoring service monitoring.

tries to install perl 524 spamassasin but theres a conflict with 522..

thus i think no perl 524 libraries get installed, though it apparently thinks they are and thus cpanel cannot run due to not finding those 524 libraries.

perl 522 spamassin is installed, cpanel-perl-522-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.004001-13.cp1156.x86_64

but when i goto rpm -e it can't as exim requires it..

not sure where to go from here? should i just erase it?

 

had to remove cpanel-perl-522-Mail-SpamAssassin and exim and every dependency in its way

re-ran check_cpanel_rpms

failed to install cpanel-perl-524-Mail-SpamAssassin as it needed one of the dependencies cronie

yum installed cronie

reran check_cpanel_rpms, installed all perl-524 libraries correctly... cpanel started again. hooray!