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How to install perl in Ubuntu 7.10

Asked by pallavsengupta

Hi All

Can anyone help me with installing perl in Ubuntu 7.10 , as i have downloaded the latest version but unbale to install it.

thanks in advance

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Benoit Malet (benoit-malet) said : 		#1

Hello !

The usual way to install additional application in Ubuntu is to use Synaptic (should be in System > Administration). If you really need the latest version of Perl and it's not available in Synaptic, please post back and we'll help you doing it the 'hard way'.

Regards,
Benoît

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#2

Hello Pallavsengupta:

Well perl is in the ubuntu repos..

type

sudo apt-get install perl

to install perl

If you are Looking for a perl IDE then

The scite editor can handle perl, To install scite type:

sudo apt-get install scite

eclipse has a perl-plugin:

http://www.easyeclipse.org/site/distributions/lamp.html

Hope it helps

Regards

Bhavani Shankar.

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