Can we install perl in vmware linux guest server, if yes? please describe steps
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Distribution: Debian Sid AMD64, Raspbian Wheezy, various VMs
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You install perl in a VMWare guest in exactly the same way as you would if it were a real machine -- this is usually done using the distribution's package manager.
If you need help with it or you have other problems you will need to state which distribution you are using and what the problems you are seeing are.
Distribution: Debian Sid AMD64, Raspbian Wheezy, various VMs
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If I'm reading correctly that is an obsolete release of Red Hat Linux so I wouldn't expect to be able to install anything on it especially a recent version of Perl.
You should probably be using either CentOS or Fedora instead and they should have a package for Perl in their repositories.
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