# Install perl with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper Highly capable, feature-rich programming language. Version 5.42.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-20. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:perl ``` ## Agent safety answer perl runs scripts and package workflows that may sit near credentials. - **Credential access:** Reads environment variables, config files, and script inputs. - **Remote mutation:** Can run arbitrary automation that calls APIs or changes files. - **Publish/artifact risk:** Can build or publish CPAN-style artifacts through related tooling. - **Recommended control:** Gate script execution when secrets or network mutation are involved. - **Agent-use guidance:** Allow local lint/test scripts; require approval for secret-backed or publishing scripts. Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install perl ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add miniperl ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: miniperl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libperl-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libperl-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install perl ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: perl from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#perl ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: perl from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S perl ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: perl from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install perl ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: perl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/perl ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/perl.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:perl - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 5.42.2 - **Source summary:** Highly capable, feature-rich programming language - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-04-20T03:46:02Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - corelist (cli) - cpan (cli) - enc2xs (cli) - encguess (cli) - h2ph (cli) - h2xs (cli) - instmodsh (cli) - json_pp (cli) - libnetcfg (cli) - perl (cli) - perl5.42.2 (cli) - perlbug (cli) - perldoc (cli) - perlivp (cli) - perlthanks (cli) - piconv (cli) - pl2pm (cli) - pod2html (cli) - pod2man (cli) - pod2text (cli) - pod2usage (cli) - podchecker (cli) - prove (cli) - ptar (cli) - ptardiff (cli) - ptargrep (cli) - shasum (cli) - splain (cli) - streamzip (cli) - xsubpp (cli) - zipdetails (cli) - corelist (alias) - cpan (alias) - enc2xs (alias) - encguess (alias) - h2ph (alias) - h2xs (alias) - instmodsh (alias) - json_pp (alias) - libnetcfg (alias) - perl (alias) - perl5.42.2 (alias) - perlbug (alias) - perldoc (alias) - perlivp (alias) - perlthanks (alias) - piconv (alias) - pl2pm (alias) - pod2html (alias) - pod2man (alias) - pod2text (alias) - pod2usage (alias) - podchecker (alias) - prove (alias) - ptar (alias) - ptardiff (alias) - ptargrep (alias) - shasum (alias) - splain (alias) - streamzip (alias) - xsubpp (alias) - zipdetails (alias) ## Dependencies - gdbm ## Uses from macOS - libxcrypt ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Caveats: By default non-brewed cpan modules are installed to the Cellar. If you wish for your modules to persist across updates we recommend using `local::lib`. You can set that up like this: PERL_MM_OPT="INSTALL_BASE=$HOME/perl5" cpan local::lib And add the following to your shell profile e.g. ~/.profile or ~/.zshrc eval "$(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/perl5)" - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 5.42.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-04-20 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.perl.org/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm, ~/.cpan/CPAN/Config.pm, ~/.cpan/CPAN/Config_local.pm ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm, ~/.cpan/CPAN/Config.pm, ~/.cpan/CPAN/Config_local.pm ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** perl - **Aliases:** perl@5.42 - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libperl-dev - 5.40.1-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libperl-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Perl library: development files | https://dev.perl.org/perl5/ - Debian apt - libperl5.40 - 5.40.1-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libperl5.40 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | shared Perl library | https://dev.perl.org/perl5/ - Debian apt - perl - 5.40.1-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: perl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language | https://dev.perl.org/perl5/ - Debian apt - perl-base - 5.40.1-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: perl-base from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | minimal Perl system | https://dev.perl.org/perl5/ - Debian apt - perl-debug - 5.40.1-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: perl-debug from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | debug-enabled Perl interpreter | https://dev.perl.org/perl5/ - Debian apt - perl-doc - 5.40.1-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: perl-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Perl documentation | https://dev.perl.org/perl5/ - Debian apt - perl-modules-5.40 - 5.40.1-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: perl-modules-5.40 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Core Perl modules | https://dev.perl.org/perl5/ - Nix - perl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: perl from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - Ubuntu apt - libperl-dev - 5.38.2-3.2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libperl-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Perl library: development files | http://dev.perl.org/perl5/ - Ubuntu apt - libperl5.38t64 - 5.38.2-3.2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libperl5.38t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | shared Perl library | http://dev.perl.org/perl5/ - Ubuntu apt - perl - 5.38.2-3.2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: perl from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language | http://dev.perl.org/perl5/ - Ubuntu apt - perl-base - 5.38.2-3.2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: perl-base from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | minimal Perl system | http://dev.perl.org/perl5/ - Ubuntu apt - perl-debug - 5.38.2-3.2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: perl-debug from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | debug-enabled Perl interpreter | http://dev.perl.org/perl5/ - Ubuntu apt - perl-doc - 5.38.2-3.2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: perl-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Perl documentation | http://dev.perl.org/perl5/ - Ubuntu apt - perl-modules-5.38 - 5.38.2-3.2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: perl-modules-5.38 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Core Perl modules | http://dev.perl.org/perl5/ - apk - miniperl - 5.42.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: miniperl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language | https://www.perl.org/ ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [gdbm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdbm/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [abcde](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abcde/) - 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