I found the following which worked; http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16147120/how-can-i-install-another-version-of-perl-on-top-of-the-default-version-on-cento
Just need to figure out how to make 5.16 the default one instead of having to switch. -----Original Message----- From: Victor Miasnikov Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 5:02 AM To: m...@grounded.net ; For Users of ASSP Subject: How about ActivePerl for Linux? Or /opt/ActivePerl-5.16 Re: [Assp-user] V2 development is switched to Perl 5.16 Fw: 2)ASSPv2.X =} Perl 5.16.3 Hi! > Any chance you might know of a repo which has it for Centos? > I found a few URL? > but I don't know those sites and would prefer to download from a known > source. How about ActivePerl for Linux? http://justatheory.com/computers/databases/sqitch-on-windows.html =} == 1. Download and install ActivePerl . . . [*] Windows: C:\perl\site\bin\ASSP.bat [*] Mac OS X: ~/Library/ActivePerl-5.16/site/bin/ASSP (Or /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.16/site/bin if you run sudo ppm) [*] Linux: /opt/ActivePerl-5.16/site/bin/ASSP.sh == http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.16/install.html =} == . . . Download the distribution to a temporary directory, extract the files, chdir to the ActivePerl directory and then run the script install.sh. The installation script will prompt you for the target installation directory. % tar zxf ActivePerl-5.16.3.1603-x86_64-linux-glibc-2.3.5-296746.tar.gz % cd ActivePerl-5.16.3.1603 % ./install.sh . . . == == ... The Red Hat and Debian packages are installed into the /opt/ActivePerl-5.16 directory. Add the /opt/ActivePerl-5.16/bin directory to your PATH environment variable to conveniently access it. ... == https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/perl-4175455610/ == R.Mostafa: I installed perl successfully and it gave this message: Please modify your startup environment by adding: /opt/ActivePerl-5.16/site/bin:/opt/ActivePerl-5.16/bin to PATH /opt/ActivePerl-5.16/site/man:/opt/ActivePerl-5.16/man to MANPATH How can I do this? . . . chrism01 (Guru): PATH (& MANPATH) might be set in /etc/profile (or /etc/profile.d dir) for ALL users. For personal customisations, see your personal .bash_profile == Best regards, Victor Miasnikov Blog: http://vvm.blog.tut.by/ P.S. https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=40975&forum=56 =} == also installed a newer version of PERL: Downloaded ActivePerl 5.16.3.1603 (64 bit) gunzip file (/usr/local/src) untar run ./install.sh cp /opt/ActivePerl-5.16/bin/perl5.16.3 /usr/bin/perl == IMHO, last step may be very radical . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list Assp-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user