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Install plenv with Homebrew
Perl binary manager. Version 2.3.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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- plenv
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Project history and usage
plenv is a shell-oriented Perl version manager that selects system, global, project-local, or shell-specific Perl installations through shims.
Project history
Tokuhiro Matsuno created plenv as a Perl binary manager inspired substantially by rbenv. The project adopted rbenv's shims and directory-local version-selection model while adding Perl-specific commands such as `install-cpanm` and `migrate-modules`.
The README explicitly contrasts plenv with perlbrew: both install user-local Perl runtimes, but plenv is implemented in Bash, uses executable shims, and selects a local runtime through `.perl-version`.
Adoption history
plenv became available through Homebrew for macOS while retaining a source-checkout installation usable on Unix-like systems. It occupies the Perl version-management niche alongside perlbrew and is commonly paired with perl-build to compile Perl releases.
How it is used
Users initialize plenv in their shell, install Perl versions through the perl-build plugin, select a global version with `plenv global`, or write a project-local `.perl-version` with `plenv local`. After installing executables or CPAN tools, `plenv rehash` refreshes the shims.
Why package nerds care
plenv brings the rbenv shim model to Perl: version choice is represented by a small project file rather than by rewriting the shell environment for every switch. This makes per-project runtime selection transparent, reproducible, and friendly to shell tooling.
Timeline
- 2013: The inherited rbenv code identified in plenv's license dates from this period.
- Later releases: `.perl-version` replaced the older `.plenv-version` name, with backward-compatible reading retained.
Related projects
- perl-build supplies the usual `plenv install` command; Carton supports application dependency workflows; plenv-contrib adds extensions; perlbrew is the principal alternative discussed by the project; and rbenv supplied the core design inspiration.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
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Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
./.perl-version$PLENV_ROOT/version
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
plenv | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-09-19
manager version2.3.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected2.3.1
https://github.com/tokuhirom/plenv
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:plenv |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.3.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/plenv |
| Homepage | https://github.com/tokuhirom/plenv |
| Repository | https://github.com/tokuhirom/plenv |
| License | Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/tokuhirom/plenv/archive/refs/tags/2.3.1.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | perl-build |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
| Caveats | To enable shims add to your profile: if which plenv > /dev/null; then eval "$(plenv init -)"; fi With zsh, add to your .zshrc: if which plenv > /dev/null; then eval "$(plenv init - zsh)"; fi With fish, add to your config.fish if plenv > /dev/null; plenv init - | source ; end |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | plenv |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source trail
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation