I hope my question is relevant to the list.
I run Redhat 7.1.
I'd like to download the latest source for Perl and install it without
interferring with the version that's installed with Redhat. The
installed version can't be uninstalled (by me) because there's so many
dependencies on it.
The reason I'd like to do this is to keep up to date with the latest
versions of Perl and various modules while learning the language (plus
I'm a bit neurotic about having the "latest" of everything).
So, can I create a separate install of Perl and it's modules - maybe
somewhere in my home directory and be sure that the scripts I'm working
on - or the modules I load - affect only that version?
I've been told that I can update the installed version by getting the
source RPM and replacing components of it with the latest Perl source -
but that seems to lack the flexibility to "blow it away" and start all
over (my typical method for learning something new).
This is a personal system so the only one affected by my mistakes is me.
Thanks,
Kevin
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