perl package

[Todd Ransom]

This looks to be a fantastic device, but I really miss having perl. Will you add perl to the opkg repository?

thanks,
Todd

[Lazar Demin]

@Todd-Ransom Added the Perl interpreter, should be available now!
What other Perl packages would you need?

Take a look at http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mipsel_24kc/packages/ and Ctrl+F for Perl to get an idea of what's available.

[Todd Ransom]

Thanks! I'm not sure yet which other packages I will need, but I will let you know.

[Todd Ransom]

The perl package installed, but even the base perl modules are not included. You definitely want to add at least strict.pm, warnings.pm,

root@mia:~# perl -e 'use strict'
Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (you may need to install the strict module) (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.22 .) at -e line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1.
root@mia:~# perl -e 'use warnings'
Can't locate warnings.pm in @INC (you may need to install the warnings module) (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.22 .) at -e line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1.

[Lazar Demin]

@Todd-Ransom Just added a whole bunch of Perl packages to the repo, try opkg update and see what's available.
I think you're likely looking for perlbase-base to start

[Todd Ransom]

Looks like a good start, thanks!