perlbrew is a program to automate the building and installation of multiple versions of Perl in your $HOME directory.
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Perlbrew can't find @INC
I think perlbrew is properly installed and using the correct @INC. I switched to perlbrew. The module I want (String::Approx) is installed. I have sources ~/perl5/perlbrew/etc/bashrc in ~/.bash_profile.
But I am getting the error Can't locate…

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Why won't a module installed by `cpanm` be recognized?
I installed perl-5.12.2 using perlbrew:
perlbrew install perl-5.12.2 -D=usethreads -D=useithreads -D=uselargefiles -f
I then switched to this version and installed IPC::System::Simple using cpanm.
However, when I try to run my script I get:
Can't…

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How can I make Eclipse work with `perlbrew`?
I'm using perlbrew to switch between perl versions. I also use Eclipse to write perl scripts.
It seems that Eclipse does not recognize the switches between perl versions, and keeps working with the base version installed out of perlbrew. I tried…

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Perl - Local::lib not consistently finding the local path in @INC - conflict with perlbrew?
I don't have root access to the system so I'm installing perl modules using local::lib which I installed using the bootstrapping method:
perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
make test && make install
echo '[ $SHLVL -eq 1 ] && eval "$(perl…

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How do I make perlbrew install a specific development perl version (ie not perl-bleed)
I'm trying to install a development perl version other than perl-bleed with perlbrew eg:
$ perlbrew install perl-5.21.5
fails if I tail the log file I see
$ tail ~/perl5/perlbrew/build.perl-5.21.5.log
Data corruption and crashes are possible.
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Supervisor and perlbrew
I try to use supervisor with perlbrew, but I can not make it work. For perlbrew I just tried to set the environment variable that go well, but perhaps it is better to make a script that launches perlbrew and plackup, this my configuration…

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perlbrew fails with "Can't locate Devel/PatchPerl.pm"
perlbrew fails with Can't locate Devel/PatchPerl.pm.
More precisely, what fails is a run of patchperl that is spawned off by perlbrew.
There is in fact a Devel/PatchPerl.pm accessible via the paths in the environment variable PERL5LIB, but perlbrew…

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How to make Eclipse/EPIC work with perlbrew
I'm using Eclipse/EPIC for programming/debugging and perlbrew to switch between perl versions. For any reason Eclipse/EPIC doesn't recognize switching the perl versions initiated by perlbrew. Switching the version is persistent but does only effect…

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perlbrew command not found
I installed perlbrew on Linux backtrack on my virtual machine. and I have perl 5.10.1 installed on my backtrack. but when I write perlbrew command in the terminal it shows the following message:
perlbrew: command not found
What is wrong with my…

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Perlbrew install failed
I'm a completely new to Perl, and I'm having trouble installing perlbrew. Someone was helping me, but he's busy all day today, so I'm trying to figure this out on my own. I installed the perlbrew root and modified the bashrc, but now I can't install…

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How to display all available perls in perlbrew?
I can list all available perls via perlbrew available
kes@kes-X751SA ~ $ pb available
perl-5.32.0
perl-5.30.3
perl-5.28.3
perl-5.26.3
perl-5.24.4
perl-5.22.4
perl-5.20.3
perl-5.18.4
perl-5.16.3
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Perl Syntax Error on Compilation - "use" not allowed in expression
Bear with me as I'm new to Perl, but I am having an error in compilation on a use statement, but I'm not entirely sure why I'd get one there. I am using perlbrew on Mac Sierra. The perl version is 5.26.1.
I'm not quite sure where to really start. I…

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Fastest, cheapest way to create a fresh, throw-away installation of perl using perlbrew?
I tried doing the following. First, I install a relocatable perl, e.g.:
% perlbrew -Duserelocatableinc -j4 -n --as perl-5.28.1-fresh_src 5.28.1
Then, whenever I need a new throw-away fresh installation of perl to test things out, I do:
% cp -la…

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How can i install two different version perl on my linux?
I have a Linux server, and it has its own Perl whose version is not what I want. So I want to install another Perl on it.
I tried to solve it with Perlbrew, but my server can't download it. It seems like my server does not trust that website…

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Perl: installing with Perlbrew on Macos Sierra
I am attempting to use the lastest version of Perlbrew to install the latest stable version of Perl (5.24.1) with multi-threading on a computer running macOS-Sierra.
Perlbrew appears to be installed correctly but when I run the command:
Perlbrew…

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