@linuxtldr I have previously been critical (not a fan of posts you have to click a link to find out what they're about or articles with poor or no introductions explaining the significance of the content--so often the how to do something before the why you'd want to). Only fair to acknowledge this exemplary work! 👏
@linuxtldr Why bother to install #Perl when it's preinstalled on basically every Linux distro? 😜
Seriously, nice article! Except for #AlpineLinux I know only distros that have Perl preinstalled. Installing #CPAN modules is much more of a challenge sometimes.
Yes, perlbrew is worth a mention. Also local::lib. Both provide a private space for CPAN modules so that system Perl by your OS can't be screwed up.
@dboehmer@linuxtldr While you can usually rely on a Perl being available, it's nice to know how easily one can install the latest version to get all the latest features. Sometimes distros can be a version or two behind. E.g. not everyone even has 5.36 yet, so no stable signatures or boolean values