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Re: Perl on Cygwin?
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:59:00 -0400
- Subject: Re: Perl on Cygwin?
- References: <32487839.post@talk.nabble.com>
- Reply-to: 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.
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