Perl

Introduction

Perl has been one of the cornerstones of bioinformatics and is unlikely to give up this role, simply because so many user-contributed modules are avaiable for it.

Installation

New versions of perl follow this configuration before compiling

sh Configure -de -Dprefix=/shelf/modulefiles/tools/perl/5.26.1 -Dusesheplib

As well as installing in the right place, it will also create the perl shared library, which other programs, those who like to sport perl interfaces, might like to use.