Hmm...perl still exists in all versions of ubuntu (http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/perl/perl).
It sounds to me as though you've managed to install packages which conflict with perl, but not with perl-base. What happens when you run 'sudo apt-get install perl'? ** Changed in: rsnapshot (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Dan O'Huiginn Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- rsnapshot: Depends: perl but it is not installable https://launchpad.net/bugs/75926 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs