Timeline for How can I install perldoc on Ubuntu?
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| Jun 24, 2021 at 18:43 | comment | added | Bix |
Usually it will say "install with apt install perl-doc" so this is way more confusing than it should be. But the answer is correct, thank you! (Although personally I just sudo apt install perl-doc)
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| Nov 8, 2020 at 17:37 | comment | added | Frantisek Hallo | Yeah, ubuntu packages dont list this library at all using apt-search even like perl-doc nor perldoc, though there list myriads of packages named in the form libname-perl, so I expected libperldoc-perl, maybe that could be the reason, why it could not be considered stupid saying that the way you did in the answer. | |
| May 21, 2018 at 14:50 | comment | added | Torben Gundtofte-Bruun |
Go'dammit! Why oh why is the thing called perldoc everywhere, but it needs to be installed using perl-doc??! I had to google it because the totally obvious sudo apt-get install perldoc didn't work out. If this first experience with Perl is any indication then I'll soon be done with it again.
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| Mar 11, 2016 at 2:05 | comment | added | Vince |
I came here after not seeing perl-doc in the list from apt-cache search perl I just skimmed it looking for the p's and I didn't realize is the output of that command isn't sorted. So, there's more than one section starting with 'p'... Maybe it's broken down by repo.
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| Apr 15, 2015 at 10:58 | comment | added | Abhinav Gujjar | for n00bs like me, its not obvious whether this needs to be a cpan install or an apt-get or download a tar or a .dmg from somewhere. | |
| Nov 5, 2012 at 3:06 | history | edited | Michael Mrozek | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 12, 2010 at 20:34 | comment | added | txwikinger | @Michael Mrozek: Well... you can always also use the commandline in Ubuntu, but most users just do not want to go anywhere near it :D | |
| Oct 12, 2010 at 19:31 | vote | accept | Zaid | ||
| Oct 12, 2010 at 19:31 | comment | added | Zaid |
@Michael : The command was what I was after. I already knew that I needed to install perl-doc... just wasn't sure what command to use.
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| Oct 12, 2010 at 18:53 | comment | added | Michael Mrozek |
@txw Well, this explains why I normally don't answer Ubuntu questions :). If you're already on the command-line and have the package name right in front of you I would expect most people to use apt-get or aptitude, but maybe that's not the case
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| Oct 12, 2010 at 18:46 | comment | added | txwikinger | Users normally use the software center or a package manager gui for installing packages | |
| Oct 12, 2010 at 18:31 | comment | added | Michael Mrozek |
@Steven I never include sudo, it's not technically part of the command, but yes, like all package installs it needs to be run as root
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| Oct 12, 2010 at 18:29 | comment | added | Steven D |
You will need to execute that command as root. In Ubuntu this is usually done using sudo before the command.
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| Oct 12, 2010 at 18:13 | history | answered | Michael Mrozek | CC BY-SA 2.5 |