How do I install Perl on my system

To install Perl on your system, follow these steps based on your operating system:

For Windows:

  1. Download the Strawberry Perl installer from the official website: Strawberry Perl.
  2. Run the installer and follow the installation prompts.
  3. Once installed, open the command prompt and type perl -v to verify the installation.

For macOS:

  1. You can install Perl using Homebrew. First, make sure you have Homebrew installed. If not, install it from brew.sh.
  2. Open the terminal and run: brew install perl
  3. After installation, check the version with: perl -v

For Linux:

  1. Perl usually comes pre-installed on most Linux distributions. You can check if it’s installed by typing: perl -v
  2. If it's not installed, you can use your package manager. For Debian-based systems, run: sudo apt-get install perl
  3. For Red Hat-based systems, you can use: sudo yum install perl

Example Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; print "Hello, World!\n";

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