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7 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl
16 source and documentation for Perl, support, and
19 =head2 What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
21 The standard release of Perl (the one maintained by the Perl
25 Perl builds and runs on a bewildering number of platforms. Virtually
26 all known and current Unix derivatives are supported (perl's native
33 base perl port in a variety of ways. You'll have to check their
37 release of perl) or negative (e.g. might be based upon a less current
38 source release of perl).
40 =head2 How can I get a binary version of Perl?
44 =head2 I don't have a C compiler. How can I build my own Perl interpreter?
46 For Windows, use a binary version of Perl,
47 L<Strawberry Perl|http://strawberryperl.com/> and
51 Otherwise if you really do want to build Perl, you need to get a
55 =head2 I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts don't work.
63 the hard-coded C<@INC> that perl looks through for libraries:
65     % perl -le 'print for @INC'
72     % perl -V
84 =head2 What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
86 CPAN stands for Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, a multi-gigabyte
103 =head2 Where can I get information on Perl?
107 =item * L<http://www.perl.org/>
109 =item * L<http://perldoc.perl.org/>
111 =item * L<http://learn.perl.org/>
115 The complete Perl documentation is available with the Perl distribution.
116 If you have Perl installed locally, you probably have the documentation
117 installed as well: type C<perldoc perl> in a terminal or
118 L<view online|http://perldoc.perl.org/perl.html>.
121 package; for instance, on Debian, you need to install the C<perl-doc> package.)
123 Many good books have been written about Perl--see the section later in
126 =head2 What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?
128 L<Perl.com|http://www.perl.com/> used to be part of the O'Reilly
131 L<The Perl Foundation|http://www.perlfoundation.org/>.
133 The Perl Foundation is an advocacy organization for the Perl language
134 which maintains the web site L<http://www.perl.org/> as a general
135 advocacy site for the Perl language. It uses the domain to provide
136 general support services to the Perl community, including the hosting
138 other sub-domains for special topics like learning Perl and jobs in Perl,
143 =item * L<http://www.perl.org/>
145 =item * L<http://learn.perl.org/>
147 =item * L<http://jobs.perl.org/>
149 =item * L<http://lists.perl.org/>
153 L<Perl Mongers|http://www.pm.org/> uses the pm.org domain for services
154 related to local Perl user groups, including the hosting of mailing lists
155 and web sites. See the L<Perl Mongers web site|http://www.pm.org/> for more
157 Perl user group.
159 CPAN, or the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network L<http://www.cpan.org/>,
160 is a replicated, worldwide repository of Perl software.
161 See L<What is CPAN?|/"What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?">.
165 There are many Perl L<mailing lists|lists.perl.org> for various
166 topics, specifically the L<beginners list|http://lists.perl.org/list/beginners.html>
171 L<stackoverflow|http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/perl>.
173 =head2 Perl Books
175 There are many good L<books on Perl|http://www.perl.org/books/library.html>.
177 =head2 Which magazines have Perl content?
179 There are no current magazines that focus on Perl, although you sometimes
180 will find Perl content in more general interest programming titles.
182 In the distant past, there have been a few Perl magazines. The first was I<The Perl
183 Journal>, published by Jon Orwant. After that, there was I<The Perl Review>,
187 The closest you might find today is Perl Weekly, (L<https://perlweekly.com>),
190 =head2 Which Perl blogs should I read?
192 L<Perl News|http://perlnews.org/> covers some of the major events in the Perl
193 world, L<Perl Weekly|http://perlweekly.com/> is a weekly e-mail
194 (and RSS feed) of hand-picked Perl articles.
196 L<http://blogs.perl.org/> hosts many Perl blogs, there are also
200 =head2 What mailing lists are there for Perl?
202 A comprehensive list of Perl-related mailing lists can be found at
203 L<http://lists.perl.org/>
205 =head2 Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
207 Perl already I<is> commercial software: it has a license
223 If you've found a bug with the perl interpreter or one of the modules
224 in the standard library (those that come with Perl), submit a
226 L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>.
228 To determine if a module came with your version of Perl, you can
230 versions) included with each release of Perl:
234 	File::Copy was first released with perl 5.002
240 If the module does not come with Perl, report its issues
271 under the same terms as Perl itself.