/usr/bin/perl is usually a simlinkGreetings all, A few days ago I was using K3b and my computer 'stopped responding.' I had a 'Microsoft moment' and foolishly chose to simply reset the pc. I know better. I usually use webmin when this happens and restart the system. The action has apparently done some damage to perl. Some of the error messages during boot up follow: -----snip----- Building Window Manager Sessions /usr/sbin/fndSession: /usr/sbin/chksession: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory /usr/sbin/fndSession: line 12: perl: command not found /usr/sbin/fndSession: /usr/sbin/chksession: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory ...other lines work fine Loading parallel port printer kernel modules... /etc/rc3.d/S60cups: /usr/sbin/correctcupsconfig: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory ...other lines work fine /etc/webmin/start: /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory ...other lines work fine -----end snip----- harddrake also fails and when I try to run harddrake2 from the console I get the following error message: -----snip----- -bash: /usr/sbin/harddrake2: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory -----end snip----- Also, I cannot run and XWindow session.
I have poked around quite a bit for info on removing and reinstalling perl. There is quite a bit on installing perl modules but I haven't found much on installing the interpreter. Or could I perhaps simply have broken sim links? I took a look at the RPM's on disk 2 of the installation disks and there is a lot there with 'perl' in the name but I do not know which, if any, would repair my situation. A further 'Microsoft moment' prompted me to perform an upgrade using the ML cd's. I ended up with old entries on my lilo menu but the same errors on startup and still no X. The next 'Microsoft moment' will be to reinstall everything from scratch. I am confident this is completely unnecessary but am at a loss as to what to do next. Any help would be appreciated greatly. I am using ML 9.1 on an AMD processor. tia Rich B
As yu can see from my mdk9.0 box:
ls -la /usr/bin/perl
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5 Nov 7 2002 /usr/bin/perl -> perl5*
Its a symlink to perl5 which in turn is symlink to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] validator]# ls -la /usr/bin/perl5
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9 Nov 7 2002 /usr/bin/perl5 -> perl5.8.0*
perl5.8.0
the reason for that is pretty simple, /usr/bin/perl should always point to the perl binary on your system, regardless if what perl you have installed.
Its possible that you have lost the symlinks.. check to see if they are there.
rgds
Franki
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