Perl 5 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language.

• Version: 5.28.2
• Updated: May, 2020
• Link: https://www.perl.org/

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