Hi: Yep. Once again, Tim and Zentara, you patiently remind me to use just a little common sense. Thanks.
Tom zentara wrote: > On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 20:07:29 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > >>Hi: I have both perl 5.6.1 and perl 5.6.0 on my system. >> >>What're the steps to remove them, and prepare for install of perl 5.8? >> >>When I run locate perl 5.6.0, I get a list of files. Is this the way to >>do it? File by file? > > > If I were you I would keep your 5.61 version as a backup in case > 5.8 gives you some trouble. There could be some modules > which have slightly changed, etc. > > You could do perl -V and it will show you where the > libs are for each perl version, then you can delete the > whole libdir in 1 shot. > > So you must have a way of keeping 5.60 and 5.6.1 separated > in your system? Like having the the perl5.6.1 executable in > /usr/local/bin and perl5.6.0 in /usr/bin ?? And letting the > path select which perl is used? /usr/local/bin is usually searched > first, before /usr/bin. Another thing you can do is rename your perls to > perl560 and perl561. > > You can then just install 5.8.0 to it's default location, > /usr/local/bin/perl. > It will become your default, but if you need to run 561, then > you can still do > #!/usr/bin/perl561 > > Each perl executable knows where to look for it's own libraries. > The default for 5.8 is in /usr/local/lib/perl5 but you might have > your 5.6.1 in /usr/lib/perl5. That is where Suse likes to install them, > so if you install your own to the default location, in /usr/local/lib, > they will become the default perl, because /usr/local/bin is normally > searched before /usr/bin in the default path. That is why some distros > put perl in /usr/lib. > > > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
