The Perl RPM package doesn't actually contain any Perl

[dbanet]

[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.

[Silvan Scherrer]

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.

[dbanet]

Appears to work. 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.