Hi Robin,

thanks for coming back so quick:

>What is the output from the following command on your system:
>
>   rpm -q perl
>
>If this returns "package perl not installed" then perl was not
>installed from an RPM so the rpm database doesn't know about it 
>returns the dependency error you see above.

Spot on Rob. Do i need to install Perl from scratch, or is it possible
just to regiester it in RPM?


>/bin/sh is the default shell on a lot of unix/linux distros.
>On my system, /bin/sh is a symlink to /bin/bash (bash behaves 
>differently according to the name by which it was called).

I have /bin/bash as well, altough I'm not sure if the symlink is setup.
Is this done automatically, or do I need to something like:

ln -s /bin/sh /bin/bash

cheers,
Adam.


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