Howdy, How do I upgrade perl on deb? The current stable (at least i think) is 5.005. and it is installed in /usr/lib/perl5/5.005. Now when I've installed perl from source I've always done it into /usr/local/perl. Now I know that where I install it is my decision. So I have 2 questions:
1) Do I have to go into unstable packages to get a more recent version of perl 2) Can I install (from source) into/on top of /usr/local/perl without messing up other deb software that may use perl Other unrelated questions: 1) where is the file that controls the default path, i.e if I don't have a .bashrc or counterparts, what file is read to give me a path 2) Does deb have a menu based admin tool, similar to linuxconf 3) I had to modify my .Xdefaults file for my backspace/delete keys to work correctly. Is there a system wide file I can edit instead of the .Xdefaults in every home directory 4) I'm used to being able to edit my command line with vi commands, I tried doing "export EDITOR=vi" but that didn't work 5) When I'm in vi and I'm in insert mode, then hit the arrow keys I get "A" "B"... how can I make the arrow keys get me back into escape mode and move me Thanks everyone Jay _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
