I am not sure i still have tons to learn about linux, but I think a perlbrew is safer and easier to upgrade. It has been at least 4 years since I have done this.
Regards, Jonathan > On 06/25/2014 05:51 PM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: >> You guys mention perl and I learned an interesting hackish way to get >> the >> latest version of perl on ones system. >> >> Have you perl guys used perlbrews before. I set up a perlbrew setup for >> a >> centos vm template at the Data center I used to work at. I had tried to >> upgrade the system perl and that broke the entire installation, but >> eventually i found out you could setup the latest version of perl though >> the perlbrews with out touching the systems perl. > > Can't you accomplish the same thing by just specifying a different > install location for Perl at configuration time? Something like > /usr/local/perl-x.x, where x.x is the version number? I've been doing > that for years without any problems. > > -- > Prentice > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
