PERLLINUX(1pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLLINUX(1pm)
NAME
perllinux - Perl version 5 on Linux systems
DESCRIPTION
This document describes various features of Linux that will affect how
Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs.
Deploying Perl on Linux
Normally one can install /usr/bin/perl on Linux using your
distribution's package manager (e.g: "sudo apt-get install perl", or
"sudo dnf install perl"). Note that sometimes one needs to install some
extra system packages in order to be able to use CPAN frontends, and
that messing with the system's perl is not always recommended. One can
use perlbrew <https://perlbrew.pl/> to avoid such issues.
Otherwise, perl should build fine on Linux using the mainstream
compilers GCC and clang, while following the usual instructions.
Experimental Support for Sun Studio Compilers for Linux OS
Sun Microsystems has released a port of their Sun Studio compilers for
Linux. As of May 2019, the last stable release took place on 2017, and
one can buy support contracts for them.
There are some special instructions for building Perl with Sun Studio
on Linux. Following the normal "Configure", you have to run make as
follows:
LDLOADLIBS=-lc make
"LDLOADLIBS" is an environment variable used by the linker to link
"/ext" modules to glibc. Currently, that environment variable is not
getting populated by a combination of "Config" entries and
"ExtUtil::MakeMaker". While there may be a bug somewhere in Perl's
configuration or "ExtUtil::MakeMaker" causing the problem, the most
likely cause is an incomplete understanding of Sun Studio by this
author. Further investigation is needed to get this working better.
AUTHOR
Steve Peters <steve@fisharerojo.org>
Please report any errors, updates, or suggestions to
<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>.
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