How do you determine if AIX 5.3 has perl installed?

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Simply put, how do you determine if AIX 5.3 has perl installed as non-root?

Entering the command which perl should point you to the location of the perl binary, if it's installed and in your path. Otherwise, ask the admin. — Sven, Sep 7, 2011 at 14:03
Yep, in the AIX 4 system I stil have access to, that's where it is installed. — Sven, Sep 7, 2011 at 14:07
@SvenW Unfortunately this is one of those situations where root holder is a business manager, not an IT admin sigh. — hydroparadise, Sep 7, 2011 at 14:15

quanta · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-07 14:12:40Z

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Try this:

lslpp -l | grep perl
perl -v

answered Sep 7, 2011 at 14:12

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Using lslpp is the Proper AIX Way to do this, assuming Perl was installed in the Proper AIX Way (using an AIX Package). perl -v will work if perl is on your path, regardless of how it got there :)
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Sep 7, 2011 at 14:18

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jftuga · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-07 14:07:32Z

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You could run this command:

find / -name perl -print

This would return any path where perl resides.

answered Sep 7, 2011 at 14:07

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