Configuring Perl in Ubuntu

Hi All,

This post explains how to configure perl in Debian based distros.

Open synaptic and search for perl and install it.

Issue this command first:

1. whereis perl
Copy the output of this command as your first bang line for your perl script.

Next perl -v command
This will issue which version of perl is being installed.

Then open gnome-terminal or your console and write this simple perl program. Copy as is.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w


print "hello world";

Name this file as a.perl. In the terminal run this command: perl a.perl


Enjoy,
Ananth S Gouri