Hi Monks

I've been programming with Perl for years on Windows (ActiveState and Strawberry). Now I need to move to macOS (High Sierra, Xcode installed for what that it can matter) and having big, big problems even to get started! As I didn't want to mess up the already installed version of Perl, I installed Perlbrew. The Perlbrew installation seems to be fine. To start using Perlbrew, I open the Terminal and write source ~/perl5/perlbrew/etc/bashrc At this point I can use the command Perlbrew. If I try to install Perl I use:

 ADs-MacBook-Air:~ ad$ perlbrew install 5.22.0

The installation begins and after a quite long time I get the following error message

Installing /Users/fc/perl5/perlbrew/build/perl-5.22.0 into ~/perl5/per
+lbrew/perls/perl-5.22.0

This could take a while. You can run the following command on another 
+shell to track the status:

  tail -f ~/perl5/perlbrew/build.perl-5.22.0.log

Installation process failed. To spot any issues, check

  /Users/fc/perl5/perlbrew/build.perl-5.22.0.log

If some perl tests failed and you still want to install this distribut
+ion anyway,
do:

  (cd /Users/fc/perl5/perlbrew/build/perl-5.22.0; make install)

You might also want to try upgrading patchperl before trying again:

  perlbrew install-patchperl

Generally, if you need to install a perl distribution known to have mi
+nor test
failures, do one of these command to avoid seeing this message

  perlbrew --notest install 5.22.0
  perlbrew --force install 5.22.0

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I tried to install a few of Perl version and I get always the same error. I haven't forced installation yet, because I thing I should be able to install it without forcing it. Upgrading patchperl has been already performed. The log file is so long I do not see anything it helps me. However this are the last lines, maybe they say something to you:

est Summary Report
-------------------
../cpan/DB_File/t/db-hash.t                                     (Wstat
+: 512 Tests: 116 Failed: 26)
  Failed tests:  23-25, 27-28, 30, 37, 45-46, 68, 70, 72-77
                82, 84, 86, 89-90, 98, 101, 106, 112
  Non-zero exit status: 2
  Parse errors: Bad plan.  You planned 166 tests but ran 116.
Files=2377, Tests=708513, 3749 wallclock secs (47.71 usr  9.17 sys + 3
+30.63 cusr 60.11 csys = 447.62 CPU)
Result: FAIL
make: *** [test_harness] Error 26
##### Brew Failed #####

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Why I am having so many problems starting to use Perl on a Mac while on a Windows I never experienced anything like this (i.e. everything works for me out-of-the-box)?

In reply to Using Perlbrew macOS impossible to install distributions by Anonymous Monk

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