Missing Perl Command Line Debugger

[jpense]

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Required Information

• DietPi version | cat /boot/dietpi/.version
  G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=9
  G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=6
  G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=1
  G_GITBRANCH=‘master’
  G_GITOWNER=‘MichaIng’

• Distro version | echo $G_DISTRO_NAME $G_RASPBIAN
  bookworm 0

• Kernel version | uname --all
  Linux DietPi 6.1.21-v8+ #1642 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 3 17:24:16 BST 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux

• Architecture | dpkg --print-architecture
  arm64

• SBC model | echo $G_HW_MODEL_NAME or (EG: RPi3)
  RPi 4 Model B (aarch64)

• Power supply used | (EG: 5V 1A RAVpower)
  iUniker USB C

• SD card used | (EG: SanDisk ultra)
  SanDisk ultra

Additional Information (if applicable)

• Software title | (EG: Nextcloud)
  Perl 5
• Was the software title installed freshly or updated/migrated?
  came with operating system
• Can this issue be replicated on a fresh installation of DietPi?
  ← If you sent a “dietpi-bugreport”, please paste the ID here →
• Bug report ID | echo $G_HW_UUID
  75e1a942-c63b-4d9e-80d9-366f29cc22fb

Steps to reproduce

1. perl -de ‘1’
2. …

Expected behaviour

the Perl debugger prompt should appear

Actual behaviour

Can’t locate perl5db.pl in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/perl/5.36.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.36.0 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.36 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/perl-base /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/perl/5.36 /usr/share/perl/5.36 /usr/local/lib/site_perl).
BEGIN failed–compilation aborted.

Extra details

Looks like the standard Perl distribution implementation is incomplete. It came as part of the Linux system.

[Joulinar]

@jpense

Looks like the standard Perl distribution implementation is incomplete.

simply install debug package perl-debug. We do not install such packages by default, as they are not needed by 99.9% of users. And our aim is to create systems that are as small as possible and have as few packages installed as possible. That’s why we call it Diet(Pi).