Perl/Installing on *Nix Systems
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Installing for Beginners edit
In almost all cases, Perl comes as an installable package or already pre-installed on most modern Unix variants. You simply have to choose the appropriate version and use the built-in tools that come with your Unix variant to add Perl to your system.
Advanced Installation edit
For advanced installation, you must first obtain the Perl source code. Perl sources comes with a powerful tool called configure, which uses simple shellscripts and small c programs to determine what is installed on the target system, so it can build a proper Perl executable. A C compiler is necessary for compilation from sources.
The following
./configure
make
run from a command shell would run the configure program and then the make facility to build the binary.
A
make install
would require root priviledge, but would install the binaries in a directory where all users could access the program.