to get me up-to-date on postgresql 6.5.3, Jeff Noxon recommended: # apt-get install postgresql [snip] Setting up postgresql (6.3.2-15) ...
which is exactly the version i already had. i'd also recently installed perl 5.6, which was just replaced when i tried further and did # apt-get upgrade so now my perl scripts and cgi programs are mostly broken. for example-- Can't locate File/Spec.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.004 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/local/lib/site_perl/DBI.pm line 531. i'll fix it--i kept the 5.6 perl around here somewhere. checking the apt-get manpage, i then tried # apt-get dselect-upgrade # apt-get dist-upgrade and # apt-get -f to fix whatever's broke... but at least i still have postgresql 6.3.2, that's a comfort... grr. can you 'splain, in really small, simple terms, so i can follow along, how to get 6.5 postgresql? -- |/|/|\ /| /|\ /| | | \ http://www.flintschool.com/will/ \| \| \ ---/ |\|\|\-\--------------------------------------/ |-/ |\-\--- /__|_|_|_\_\ Flint School /__|/__|_\_\ \________/ '76 to '80 \________/ teQuest Te Vega