According to Brendan O'Dea on Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 08:07:27AM +1000: > On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 06:09:00PM +0200, Eric Smith wrote: > >I am trying to run an accounting application XIWA which depends on perl 5.6.1. > > What specific dependency does the application have on 5.6.1 that isn't > filled by 5.8.0?
The dependencies are based on PCX Portal who say: "* perl (5.6.0 or 5.6.1) - Not tested with anything higher" There are a handful of modules that they supply only in the above versions. So I would like to keep it simple and stick to that version of peerl when executing this app. > > >Have maanged to install from a deb file the perl base and some modules but > >still getting symbol not found on some of the depent modules .so files. > >I do not want to keep finding errors and then installing the 5.6.1 version > >of each module. > >How do I use the apt system to properly install all dependencies in ver. 5.6.1 on > >unstable > >(parallel to my existing 5.8)? > > You install a local copy to /usr/local generally. How does one achieve that with apt? Maybe I you need to assume I am simple. Thanks -- Eric Smith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
