----- Brian Fraser <frase...@gmail.com> [2013-02-20 07:01:35 -0300] ----- :
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Gerard Walschap <gwalsc...@cox.net> wrote: > > I see. There is a .bashrc file in my home directory with the line > > ------------- > > source /Users/gerard/perl5/perlbrew/etc/bashrc > > ------------- > > So I guess installing perl did override my .profile, although I'm not sure > > how. The "source" man page redirects to "built in". > > > > I'm not quite happy with the way perl installs itself, but at least now I > > know how to remedy things. Thanks again, > > > > Nitpicking, but that's not how perl installs itself, that's how > perlbrew installs & manages perl. If you don't like it, you could try > installing perl manually by downloading the tarball & passing your own > options to ./Configure, or by running ./Configure interactively. > Admittedly those are a bit of a pain, but they'll give you the freedom > to install perl in whichever way you want. Whilst that is correct, for a beginners list I'd recommend using the OS's package management system to install perl, should it not already be installed; which on most systems, especially UNIX systems, is the case. > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/ > > -- Primary Key: 4096R/1D31DC38 2011-12-03 Key Fingerprint: A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
