From b0dbe9231ff53661eafce3aa335b6dd77a8ff355 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pragmatic Software Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 17:56:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc/QuickStart.md: add note about completing system perl --- doc/QuickStart.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/QuickStart.md b/doc/QuickStart.md index fc84d213..f2aa72a1 100644 --- a/doc/QuickStart.md +++ b/doc/QuickStart.md @@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ PBot uses the [Perl programming language](https://www.perl.org/). Perl is usuall part of a base Linux install. If you do not have Perl installed, please see your system's documentation to install it. +Some systems may ship with a minimal Perl installation. You may need to complete +the installation by, e.g., `yum install perl-core` on RHEL/CentOS or +`dnf install perl` on RHEL/CentOS 8 or Fedora. + If you do not have system administrator access, you can install Perl locally into your home directory using, .e.g., [perlbrew](https://metacpan.org/pod/perlbrew), [plenv](https://metacpan.org/release/TOKUHIROM/App-plenv-v1.2.0/view/bin/plenv),