X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: jenXL62swBAWhMTL3wnej93oaS0ClBQOAKs8jbEbx_o- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:59:00 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Perl on Cygwin? Message-ID: <20110918045851.GB12054@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <32487839 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <32487839.post@talk.nabble.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 09:24:38PM -0700, 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. You didn't search very hard. Perl is available as a package. You just need to install it. Use the search box in setup.exe to find it. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple