#80 closed defect (fixed)
The Perl RPM package doesn't actually contain any Perl
Reported by: | dbanet | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | major | Milestone: | milestone1 |
Component: | rpm | Version: | |
Severity: | Keywords: | ||
Cc: |
Description
[C:\]yum install perl
netlabs-rel 100% |=========================| 1.3 kB 00:00
Setting up Install Process
Package perl-5.10.0-3.oc00.i386 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do
[C:\]perl
SYS1041: The name perl is not recognized as an
internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 10 years ago
comment:2 by , 10 years ago
Resolution: | → fixed |
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Status: | new → closed |
Appears to work now, thanks. I've run yum clean metadata && yum update
and now:
# perl --version This is perl 5, version 16, subversion 1 (v5.16.1) built for os2 Copyright 1987-2012, Larry Wall OS/2 port Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, Raymond Chen, Kai Uwe Rommel Version 5 port Copyright (c) 1994-2002, Andreas Kaiser, Ilya Zakharevich Version 5.8.8+ ports Copyright (c) 2007-2012, Paul Smedley, Knut St. Osmundsen Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.
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somehow you are using a old perl package. I have perl installed and it states perl 5.16.1.
But I see that most perl stuff is in the exp repository only. Why it's that way I have no idea.