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tedthetool schrieb:
>
> 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.

The Perl package is called perl, the category of all Perl packages is 
called Perl. Not so hard to find, eh?
-- 
Reini Urban
cygwin perl maintainer

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