In this post i will show the quick step to install perl on linux Fedora 16 server. Perl is an interpreted language that is very popular in the Unix community because it has a rich and powerful feature set, but is still easy to use.
Simply run the following command to install perl on linux Fedora 16 server :
[root@fedora16 ~]# yum install perl -y Fedora16-Repository | 3.7 kB 00:00 ... Fedora16-Repository/primary_db | 2.3 MB 00:01 ... Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package perl.i686 4:5.14.1-188.fc16 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: perl-libs = 4:5.14.1-188.fc16 for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl(File::Spec) >= 0.8 for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl(threads::shared) >= 1.21 for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl(Scalar::Util) >= 1.10 for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl(List::Util) for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl(threads::shared) for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl-macros for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl(Pod::Simple) for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl(Module::Pluggable) for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl-libs for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl(File::Spec::Unix) for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: libperl.so for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl(File::Spec) for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl(Pod::Simple::RTF) for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl(Scalar::Util) for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl(Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream) for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl(threads) for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl(Cwd) for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: perl(File::Spec::Functions) for package: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 --> Running transaction check ---> Package perl-Module-Pluggable.noarch 1:3.90-188.fc16 will be installed ---> Package perl-PathTools.i686 0:3.33-188.fc16 will be installed ---> Package perl-Pod-Simple.noarch 1:3.16-188.fc16 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: perl(Pod::Escapes) >= 1.04 for package: 1:perl-Pod-Simple-3.16-188.fc16.noarch ---> Package perl-Scalar-List-Utils.i686 0:1.23-188.fc16 will be installed ---> Package perl-libs.i686 4:5.14.1-188.fc16 will be installed ---> Package perl-macros.i686 4:5.14.1-188.fc16 will be installed ---> Package perl-threads.i686 0:1.83-188.fc16 will be installed ---> Package perl-threads-shared.i686 0:1.37-188.fc16 will be installed --> Running transaction check ---> Package perl-Pod-Escapes.noarch 1:1.04-188.fc16 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================== Installing: perl i686 4:5.14.1-188.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 9.9 M Installing for dependencies: perl-Module-Pluggable noarch 1:3.90-188.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 44 k perl-PathTools i686 3.33-188.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 101 k perl-Pod-Escapes noarch 1:1.04-188.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 36 k perl-Pod-Simple noarch 1:3.16-188.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 219 k perl-Scalar-List-Utils i686 1.23-188.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 52 k perl-libs i686 4:5.14.1-188.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 627 k perl-macros i686 4:5.14.1-188.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 29 k perl-threads i686 1.83-188.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 65 k perl-threads-shared i686 1.37-188.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 55 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================== Install 10 Packages Total download size: 11 M Installed size: 30 M Downloading Packages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9.9 MB/s | 11 MB 00:01 Running Transaction Check Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : 1:perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-188.fc16.noarch 1/10 Installing : perl-PathTools-3.33-188.fc16.i686 2/10 Installing : 1:perl-Pod-Simple-3.16-188.fc16.noarch 3/10 Installing : perl-threads-shared-1.37-188.fc16.i686 4/10 Installing : perl-Scalar-List-Utils-1.23-188.fc16.i686 5/10 Installing : 4:perl-libs-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 6/10 Installing : perl-threads-1.83-188.fc16.i686 7/10 Installing : 1:perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-188.fc16.noarch 8/10 Installing : 4:perl-macros-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 9/10 Installing : 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.i686 10/10 Installed: perl.i686 4:5.14.1-188.fc16 Dependency Installed: perl-Module-Pluggable.noarch 1:3.90-188.fc16 perl-PathTools.i686 0:3.33-188.fc16 perl-Pod-Escapes.noarch 1:1.04-188.fc16 perl-Pod-Simple.noarch 1:3.16-188.fc16 perl-Scalar-List-Utils.i686 0:1.23-188.fc16 perl-libs.i686 4:5.14.1-188.fc16 perl-macros.i686 4:5.14.1-188.fc16 perl-threads.i686 0:1.83-188.fc16 perl-threads-shared.i686 0:1.37-188.fc16 Complete!
To check perl version, run this command :
[root@fedora16 ~]# perl -v This is perl 5, version 14, subversion 1 (v5.14.1) built for i386-linux-thread-multi Copyright 1987-2011, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.
