Perl 5 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language.
See which versions of perl are available:
$ module avail perl
Load one version into your environment and run it:
$ module load perl/5.28.2 $ perl
Notes from the sysadmin during installation:
$ cd /tmp $ wget https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.28.2.tar.xz $ tar xf perl-5.28.2.tar.xz $ cd perl-5.28.2 $ ./Configure -des -Dprefix=/export/apps/perl/5.28.2 $ make -j4 $ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/perl/5.28.2 $ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/perl/5.28.2 $ make install $ curl -L https://cpanmin.us/ -o /export/apps/perl/5.28.2/cpanm $ chmod +x /export/apps/perl/5.28.2/cpanm $ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/perl/5.28.2