Hi folks, The current version of Ubuntu Linux I'm using comes with Perl 5.10.1, but I want to install and develop under 5.12.2. From what I've read in Perlmonks and Stackoverflow, it's not difficult to install a separate version - all it needs is its own directory. But I'm a little unclear about how to leave things so that system utilities (such as system update) continue to find the 5.10 version, while at the same time I can run 'cpan' and have it use 5.12 as its context.
Perlbrew was mentioned, but it doesn't seem to be unanimously considered a good solution to my problem. I figure I should leave the /usr/bin/perl symlink exactly the way it is, pointing to the "system" perl, 5.10.1. I figure I should create a /usr/bin/perl512 symlink to point to my 5.12.2 version. I figure I will have to begin my Perl programs with #!/usr/bin/perl512. Are there considerations for my .bashrc file? ($PATH, $PERL5LIB) I have no idea whether 'cpan' is going to behave the way I want it to (leaving the 5.10 system alone, only modifying 5.12) Can anyone suggest (or point to) a "best practice" way to handle this situation - i.e. managing both a "system" version and a development version? Thanks, Chap -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
