On 7/8/02 5:24 PM, "Chaos Golubitsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm running mac os X (10.1.5), and am trying to install perl 5.6.1.
> i downloaded and unpacked stable.tar.gz from perl.com.  There seem
> to be no special instructions for mac os X at all in the distro,
> so i thought i could just run Configure.

Perl 5.6.1 was released before Mac OS X, so it doesn't account for OS X's
quirks.  Thus, it is a bit cranky about installing on Mac OS X, but it can
be done.  See:

  http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg00150.html
  http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg00895.html
  http://duke.usask.ca/~dalglb/macosx/Perl_5.6.html

The upcoming Perl 5.8.0 will build on Mac OS X without any problems.

 - geoff

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