Installation of Perl on Linux/Unix

Perl is already installed in Linux/UNIX in many cases.

Check if Perl is installed on Linux/UNIX by the following command.

perl -v

If you see the version of Perl, Perl is already installed.

This is perl 5, version 32, subversion 1 (v5.32.1) built for x86_64-linux
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

If the system doesn't have Perl , you can install the Perl using package managers such as apt or yum.

# Installation of Perl on Ubuntu
sudo apt install perl

How to install Perl on Debian.

# Installation of Perl on Debian
apt-get install perl

How to install Perl on CentOS/Redhat.

# Installation of Perl on Cent OS
yum install perl

How to install Perl on FreeBSD.

# Installation of Perl on FreeBSD
pkg_add -r perl

If you want to install the specific version of Perl on your home directory, you can use perlbrew or plenv according to your taste.

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