Perl Install on Ubuntu

Question

I want to work on perl but don't know how to install it on ubuntu. Please suggest the steps to install perl on Ubuntu.

Answer 1

Hi Ashmita, on every ubuntu machine, perl comes pre-installed. But in case you have uninstalled it somehow or couldn't find it or even wants to upgrade it, you can simply follow these steps to install it:

1. To install the perl, use following commands one by one:

>>sudo apt-get update
>>sudo apt-get install perl

2. To upgrade the perl version, use following command:

>>sudo apt-get upgrade perl

3. Finally to check whether perl is installed properly or not, write this command in terminal:

>>perl -v

If you see a message same as shown in above image, you have successfully installed Perl on your ubuntu machine.