How to install Perl in your system

Introduction :

      Perl is a interpreted and dynamic programming language.  Perl is widely used because it is more flexible.  In this post I will show you how to check whether Perl is already installed on system, if not then how to install it.

                     Caution:  Perl is addictive!!! 

Checking whether Perl is present in your system or not :

      Checking whether Perl is present in your system or not is a simple step.  Follow these steps,

1.  Fire up your terminal. If you are using windows system then open Command Prompt(Start -> Run -> cmd).
2.  Type  perl -v  and hit enter.  
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 If you get the following message, then perl is already installed in your system.

 This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 4 (v5.12.4) built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread (with 9 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail).

If the version of your perl is 5 or above, well and good.

If you get message like,

 Bad command or file name. 

          (or)

 perl is not recognized command... 

then perl is not already installed in your system. 

Downloading and Installing Perl :

    1.  Download perl for your operating system from official website .

    2.  Then Run the installer and install it.

    3.  Now to check whether perl is successfully installed in system or not,  Open a new command prompt (or) terminal and then type  perl -v .  If you get the message with version of perl, then perl is successfully installed in your system.