# perl -Msay -e 'say "Hi";' Can't locate say.pm in @INC (you may need to install the say module) (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib64/perl5 /usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5). BEGIN failed--compilation aborted. And I tried downloading it from cpan and it won't install. What am I missing?

# dnf list perl-say*

Once upon a time, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com&gt; said: > # dnf list perl-say* I saw you already got your question answered, but just wanted to point out (for future reference) the best way to search for a perl module is: # dnf whatprovides 'perl(Some::Module)' It wouldn't help in this case (since "say" is not a module). You do have to quote the whole thing because the () are interpreted by the shell otherwise.

On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 19:10, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com&gt; wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am not find Perl 5's "say" in > > https://ewr.edge.kernel.org/fedora-buffet/fedora/linux/releases/28/Everyt... > > # dnf list perl-say* > Last metadata expiration check: 0:09:13 ago on Fri 17 Aug 2018 09:58:26 > AM PDT. > Error: No matching Packages to list > > > # perl -Msay -e 'say "Hi";' > Can't locate say.pm in @INC (you may need to install the say module) > (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib64/perl5 /usr/local/share/perl5 > /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl > /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5). > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted. > > And I tried downloading it from cpan and it won't install. > > What am I missing? I know you have a solution, but I thought it was worth explaining exactly what is going on here. The 'say' function is not in an external module. It is a part of the core Perl language. When 'say' was added to Perl (in version 5.10) it was decided that too many people might already have a subroutine called 'say()' in their code, so it wasn't turned on by default. There are a few ways to turn on support for 'say' in your Perl program. 1/ Explicitly with the 'feature' pragma (see "perldoc feature" for more details). use feature 'say'; say 'Hello'; 2/ By requiring a version 5.10 or greater of Perl (which turns on all of the features for the version of Perl you have asked for). use 5.010; say 'hello'; 3/ You can use the -M command line argument to simulate the 'use feature' approach. perl -Mfeature=say -e'say "hello"' 4/ But using -E instead of -e will turn on all features for your current version of Perl. perl -E'say "hello"'