Questions tagged [perl]

Perl is a general-purpose, high-level, dynamic, interpreted programming language. Please include version number in question.

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Does Raspbian come with Perl?

I got a Pi a while ago and I'm wondering if Raspbian comes with Perl? If so, what version?
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GPIO callbacks in any language

I know the linux kernel has a language agnostic GPIO interface through /sys/class/gpio which can be manipulated with echo, cat, etc. How can this be used to create event driven callbacks programmatically? Part of the reason for this question is…
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sendEmail failure

I want to send a email. Here my working example on ubuntu: sendEmail -f -t -u 'Book' -m 'ISBN: 12345-678-90' -s smtp.gmail.com -o message-charset=utf8 -o tls=yes -xu -xp On the raspberry i get an…
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Lots of perl (and others) errors with a lots of commands

I don't know what happen , but since yesterday afternoon , a lot of command in my pi (using raspmc) return me a lot of perl errors and weird others errors , eg: $ sudo service apache2 restart /bin/echo: error while loading shared libraries:…
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Installation of perl modules

I´m running a Rasbian strecth 4.9.59-v7+ and I´m trying to run the following software https://github.com/weaknetlabs/warcarrier which looks really neat! When trying to run the script I receive the following error code: Can't locate lib/GMAPS.pm in…
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perl-modules Broken pipe

I cannot install any new package or upgrade existing packages. "sudo apt-get update" throws no error: sudo apt-get update Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie-backports InRelease Hit http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org jessie InRelease Hit…
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Random Perl error occurs when trying apt-get upgrade

As of today, suddenly following error occurred while I tried to execute apt-get upgrade Unrecognized character \xA8; marked by <-- HERE after sys_stat_h<-- HERE near column 15Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl/5.14/AutoLoader.pm line…
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Latest Raspbian 10.28.2012 perl issues

I can't install new version of CPAN or modules on it, how to solve it? cpan[2]> cpan[2]> install CPAN Running install for module 'CPAN' Running make for A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.9800.tar.gz Fetching with…
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How to compile Zoneminder source files

I'm trying to make a video surveillance system with my Raspberry Pi (running raspbian) using Zoneminder. Default action of Zoneminder is only to send an e-mail but I want also to run a script which tells Raspberry how to react in case of alarm. I…
Federico Govoni
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install DBD::SQLite Freezes on aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc sqlite3.c

I'm trying to use IDrive backup on a raspberry pi with raspbian bullseye (see os-release output below). To setup idrive you download some (perl) scripts, install some pre-requisites and then login to your account. I'm stuck at the install…
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Running a xinit from a perl script

I have a perl script that generates the X,Y and brightness coordinate for a motion starfield. It very basic at the moment with basic orbits just for testing. I don't want the system to boot to a desktop environment so just running from shell. I…
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Perl Script doesn't update file

I have problem with perl script. It works fine if i don't change destination path, but when I do in doesn't update my file in that destination. I got this script from web, but I want to change destination. Updating works fine when its like this …
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ldtp linux desktop testing platform and raspbian

is using ldtp on raspbian possible using a language such as perl to control the gui? i currently automate the win32 chrome browser gui using perl (win32::guitest) and would like to use a pi instead. your help is appreciated. thanks, -Jer
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Webmin: Possible Disconnect due to Perl

So, basically, after experimenting with making my Raspberry Pi a Minecraft server. I've thought about it and I also discovered I have a 1TB external USB hard-drive, and so I now I want to turn my RB-Pi into a file server so that way I no longer have…
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Airplay Install Error cannot create /usr/local/man/man1

I was following this tutorial to clone Alexa. At the bottom, I was installing AirPlay with this command: sudo ./Build install I got this error: Building Net-SDP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ERROR: Can't…
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