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On 9/18/2011 12:24 AM, tedthetool wrote:
>
> So I'm trying to run the config file for a program in Cygwin, but it says I
> need Perl 5 before I can proceed.
>
> I've searched through cygwin packages, I don't see a Perl package, only
> ancillary packages. I type "perl -v" in cygwin and perl is not recognized.
>
> So where do I get Perl for cygwin? I've gone through the same thing for
> msys... perl is nowhere to be found.

Look again.  It's in there:

<http://cygwin.com/packages/perl/>

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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