On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Jay Strauss wrote:
> 3 dunnos, 2 see the bash man pages, Jeff I'm disappointed :)
Hey, plus one mention of an alternate perl version .deb and one "I
wouldn't" ... :)
... and my skills in vi are primitive, at best, to go along with my
preference for pico and pine. I haven't even upgraded to kernel 2.4.
I guess this means the secret is out: I am really just an idiot with a
mailing list habit who has memorized the words "google" and "man". ;)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Newmiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 7:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Upgrading perl on debian
>
>
> > On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Jay Strauss wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> >
> > Testing has perl5.6.
> >
> > > 2) Can I install (from source) into/on top of /usr/local/perl without
> > > messing up other deb software that may use perl
> >
> > I dunno, but I wouldn't.
> >
> > >
> > > 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
> >
> > man bash, under invocation (not incantation)
> >
> > > 2) Does deb have a menu based admin tool, similar to linuxconf
> >
> > Well, there is dselect, but apt-get and apt-cache are much more powerful.
> >
> > > 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
> >
> > Dunno.
> >
> > > 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
> >
> > man bash under Readline variables
> >
> > > 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
> >
> > Dunno.
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