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Here's a n00b but honest question: what is the current "best practice" method of managing Perl versions on macOS? Does Perl have anything comparable to pyenv or rbenv, or do people generally use perlbrew?

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There are at least two solutions, perlbrew[1] and plenv[2]. Personally, I prefer perlbrew.

[1] - https://perlbrew.pl

[2] - https://github.com/tokuhirom/plenv

I always use plenv for this.

Not specifically related to your question, but carton is also a must: https://metacpan.org/pod/Carton

Yeah, after installing it earlier today and using it for the first time plenv makes sense to me because I'm also using shims over in pyenv- and rbenv-land, so I set it up like this:

  $ echo 'eval "$(plenv init - zsh)"' >> ~/.zshrc

There's a consistency to them all doing essentially the same thing on my rig (i.e. instead of exporting shell functions to switch PATH).

We use plenv after trying perlbrew. It's shell based, doesn't require perl. The Perl-Build plugin does, however. It has straightforward documentation and creates shims instead of relying on aliases.

Nixpkgs supports multiple versions of Perl and allows you to use them side-by-side.

perlbrew works great for me, never had a reason to seek a different solution

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