SID-02475: Perl

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	6.1.0	Perl version:
Category:	CategoryInstallation	Server OS:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.9 (Maipo)	Last update:	4 years ago

for twiki TWiki-6.1 or higher, which version of perl is most suitable and from where I can get it. I see latest perl 5.32 can be downloaded from https://www.activestate.com/products/perl/downloads/#is-this-perl-download-free Please let me know if it will be ok for twiki or I should specifically get 5.8.4

-- Anwar Ansari - 2021-09-20

Discussion and Answer

On Red Hat Linux, Perl is available out of the box, and I'm pretty sure that it is more recent than the venerable version 5.8.4 (which was released in 2002), so there's no need to download anything. In any case, do not get Perl 5.8.4: According to TWikiSystemRequirements you need at least 5.10.1, but any newer version should do quite fine.

-- Harald Jörg - 2021-09-20

Thanks, I have installed perl-5.16.3-299.el7_9.x86_64. hope this should be fine.

-- Anwar Ansari - 2021-09-27

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