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Debug perl in VS Code on Windows
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Open Ubuntu 22.04 WSL terminal in Windows Console

  • Update and upgrade packages:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
  • Install build tools
sudo apt-get install make gcc g++ pkg-config libperl-dev
  • Install cpanm
$ sudo apt-get install cpanminus
  • Install Perl::LanguageServer
$ sudo /usr/bin/cpanm Perl::LanguageServer
  • Open VSCode from the WSL Ubuntu terminal (Important: do not open it from Powershell or Cmd) by executing
$ code .
  • Go to Extensions tab, and search for "perl language", see screenshot:

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  • Create a test perl script, then click the "Debug" icon in the left panel:

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  • Set a breakpoint at line 6, and click "Run and Debug":

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  • You can now step through the program:

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