Re^2: broke my perl? :(

I think I understand what I did! In trying to move my script to the perl PATH I thought /usr/bin/perl was a directory and not the actual perl. So I wrote something like:

cp my_script /usr/bin/perl
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Thus removing my perl and placing my_script there instead. So I guess reinstalling ubuntu is the way to go then...

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Re^3: broke my perl? :( by FloydATC (Deacon) on Aug 25, 2010 at 16:04 UTC
Next time, if you want to plop a frequently used script in your path, consider placing it in the '/usr/local/bin' directory. This is a good place for non-standard tools and makes it easier for you to bring them with you when you migrate. -- Time flies when you don't know what you're doing	[reply]
Re^4: broke my perl? :( by megnetz (Novice) on Aug 27, 2010 at 08:06 UTC
Thanks for the tip! I already made a new directory and added it to my `$PATH` to make sure this doesn't happen again.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: broke my perl? :( by JavaFan (Canon) on Aug 25, 2010 at 10:03 UTC
Reinstalling the OS just because you lost a file? Just install the package. Or copy it from a live CD. Or another ubuntu installation. Or compile your own perl. Or, gasp, restore from backup.	[reply]
Re^4: broke my perl? :( by Corion (Patriarch) on Aug 25, 2010 at 10:19 UTC
I think on Debian (and thus Ubuntu), `apt-get` and some other system-relevant programs still rely on `/usr/bin/perl` working. This would mean that installing any package likely won't work on that system. I think that Debian plans/planned to remove the dependency on `perl` for `apt-get`, so maybe that will work in a recent version of Debian/Ubuntu. Restoring from backup would be the approach that's more likely to work.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: broke my perl? :( by moritz (Cardinal) on Aug 25, 2010 at 10:23 UTC
If apt-get depends on perl, maybe the lower level program `dpkg` doesn't. Downloading the .deb package manually then installing stuff with `dpkg -i $deb_file` has helped me to repair some Debian systems where apt wouldn't work anymore. Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.	[reply] [d/l] [select]