Re: configure PostgreSQL with PERL: Perl version 5.8 or later is required, but this is . - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: configure PostgreSQL with PERL: Perl version 5.8 or later is required, but this is .
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Msg-id 31084.1476971665@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to configure PostgreSQL with PERL: Perl version 5.8 or later is required, but this is .  (Andre Mikulec <andre_mikulec@hotmail.com>)
Responses Re: configure PostgreSQL with PERL: Perl version 5.8 or later is required, but this is .  (Andre Mikulec <andre_mikulec@hotmail.com>)
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Andre Mikulec <andre_mikulec@hotmail.com> writes:
> I am getting the error message.

> *** The installed version of Perl, /c/EnterpriseDB/LanguagePack/9.5/x64/Perl-5.20/bin, is too old to use with
PostgreSQL.
> *** Perl version 5.8 or later is required, but this is .
> configure: WARNING:
> *** Without Perl you will not be able to build PostgreSQL from Git.
> *** You can obtain Perl from any CPAN mirror site.
> *** (If you are using the official distribution of PostgreSQL then you do not
> *** need to worry about this, because the Perl output is pre-generated.)
> configure: error: Perl not found

> Why does it say, "Perl version 5.8 or later is required, but this is ."?

It's trying to extract the Perl version number from the output of
"perl -v", and evidently failing to find one.  What does "perl -v"
print with that version of Perl?

            regards, tom lane


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