I don't have a Debian box, but it sure worked for me on my new Linux Mint laptop:

spek@sequoia ~/repos/berrybrew $ sudo apt-get install rakudo [sudo] password for spek: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: libjs-angularjs libjs-bootstrap libtommath0 moarvm nqp rakudo-lib Suggested packages: valgrind The following NEW packages will be installed: libjs-angularjs libjs-bootstrap libtommath0 moarvm nqp rakudo rakudo +-lib 0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 160 not upgraded. Need to get 4,381 kB of archives. After this operation, 29.9 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libjs-angular +js all 1.2.28-1ubuntu2 [348 kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 libjs-boo +tstrap all 3.3.6+dfsg-1 [227 kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libtommath0 a +md64 0.42.0-1.2 [41.8 kB] Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 moarvm am +d64 2015.11-2 [706 kB] Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 nqp all 2 +015.11-2 [517 kB] Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 rakudo-li +b amd64 2015.11-2build1 [15.1 kB] Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 rakudo al +l 2015.11-2build1 [2,525 kB] Fetched 4,381 kB in 3s (1,098 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package libjs-angularjs. (Reading database ... 215595 files and directories currently installed +.) Preparing to unpack .../libjs-angularjs_1.2.28-1ubuntu2_all.deb ... Unpacking libjs-angularjs (1.2.28-1ubuntu2) ... Selecting previously unselected package libjs-bootstrap. Preparing to unpack .../libjs-bootstrap_3.3.6+dfsg-1_all.deb ... Unpacking libjs-bootstrap (3.3.6+dfsg-1) ... Selecting previously unselected package libtommath0. Preparing to unpack .../libtommath0_0.42.0-1.2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libtommath0 (0.42.0-1.2) ... Selecting previously unselected package moarvm. Preparing to unpack .../moarvm_2015.11-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking moarvm (2015.11-2) ... Selecting previously unselected package nqp. Preparing to unpack .../archives/nqp_2015.11-2_all.deb ... Unpacking nqp (2015.11-2) ... Selecting previously unselected package rakudo-lib. Preparing to unpack .../rakudo-lib_2015.11-2build1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking rakudo-lib (2015.11-2build1) ... Selecting previously unselected package rakudo. Preparing to unpack .../rakudo_2015.11-2build1_all.deb ... Unpacking rakudo (2015.11-2build1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up libjs-angularjs (1.2.28-1ubuntu2) ... Setting up libjs-bootstrap (3.3.6+dfsg-1) ... Setting up libtommath0 (0.42.0-1.2) ... Setting up moarvm (2015.11-2) ... Setting up nqp (2015.11-2) ... Setting up rakudo-lib (2015.11-2build1) ... Setting up rakudo (2015.11-2build1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu5) ... spek@sequoia ~/repos/berrybrew $ perl6 -v This is perl6 version 2015.11 built on MoarVM version 2015.11

In reply to Re: Getting Perl 6 on Debian Jessie with Rakudo? by stevieb
in thread Getting Perl 6 on Debian Jessie with Rakudo? by nysus

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