Re^3: broke my perl? :(

Reinstalling the OS just because you lost a file? Just install the package. Or copy it from a live CD. Or another ubuntu installation. Or compile your own perl. Or, gasp, restore from backup.

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Re^4: broke my perl? :( by Corion (Patriarch) on Aug 25, 2010 at 10:19 UTC
I think on Debian (and thus Ubuntu), `apt-get` and some other system-relevant programs still rely on `/usr/bin/perl` working. This would mean that installing any package likely won't work on that system. I think that Debian plans/planned to remove the dependency on `perl` for `apt-get`, so maybe that will work in a recent version of Debian/Ubuntu. Restoring from backup would be the approach that's more likely to work.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: broke my perl? :( by moritz (Cardinal) on Aug 25, 2010 at 10:23 UTC
If apt-get depends on perl, maybe the lower level program `dpkg` doesn't. Downloading the .deb package manually then installing stuff with `dpkg -i $deb_file` has helped me to repair some Debian systems where apt wouldn't work anymore. Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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