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Asked: 2026-05-23T01:04:42+00:00

For a Mac OS X app where a Perl script (Markdown.pl) will be invoked,

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For a Mac OS X app where a Perl script (Markdown.pl) will be invoked, I need to know if all Mac OS X 10.6 and later installations have Perl installed be default. Otherwise, we’ll have to package it with the app.

Is this confirmed, can I safely assume it?

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  1. Editorial Team

    YES.

    Mac OS X already has Perl installed.
    Open a Terminal application (in the
    Utilities folder of your Applications
    folder) and run perl -v to find out
    which version.
    http://www.perl.org/get.html

    And according to the official Snow Leopard specs it comes with Perl, PHP, Ruby, Rails.

    This Apple Discussion mentions Perl (5.8.1) as being pre-installed with OS X 10.6.x.
    (this last one’s wrong, apparently. See comments of this answer)

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