http://ubuntuforums.org – I installed libapache2-mod-perl2 and tried to configure my vhost to run simple perl a file. My default vhost file seemed to come from my installation of Apache configured for cgi scripts. It contained out of the package (within <VirtualHost> ...</VirtualHost>) the following code: Code: ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options ExecCGI (Hardware)