Ok, I'm going a little crazy right now. My Linux box hasn't been turned on for 10 days or so which caused 'locate' to give me an error message about the database. I used the command 'updatedb' and then looked for perl5.8.0 once more to insure that I got the directory right. #locate perl5. /usr/bin/sperl5.8.0 Last time I did a locate (11/9/03) there was also a /usr/bin/perl5.8.0 and now there isn't. Ok, fine. I found 'perl-5.8.0-19mdk.i586.rpm' on CD1 and tried to install it using 'urpmi.' -bash: /usr/sbin/urpmi: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory Ok, fine. I tried using 'rpm.' #rpm -Ui perl-5.8.0-19mdk.i586.rpm package perl-5.8.0-19mdk is already installed. (serious head scratching here) After a little time with 'man rpm' I tried to query the package. #rpm -q perl-5.8.0-19mdk.i586.rpm package perl-5.8.0-19mdk.i586.rpm is not installed. Ok, fine. I left the upgrade option out. #rpm -i perl-5.8.0-19mdk.i586.rpm package perl-5.8.0-19mdk is already installed. I'm pretty close to doing a third Microsoft moment (erase the hd and reinstall). I would rather learn what has happened but don't seem to be making any headway at all. Are there times, even with this OS, where reinstalling is the wise thing to do? tia Rich B
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/13/03 12:31AM >>> Symlinks are cake, do a `man ln`. You're looking for the -s option (Symbolic Link) Basic usage in your case would be ln -s /real/path/to/perl5.8.0 /usr/bin/perl5 It certainly looks like it's looking for perl 5.6.1, try the new symlink and see what happens.
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