Re: installing perl There is a problem, which is detailed below. I just used --force-overwrite to get around it.
homey 3 > ls *.deb perl-base_5.005.02-1_i386.deb perl_5.005.02-1_i386.deb homey 4 > dpkg -i *.deb (Reading database ... 60093 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace perl-base 5.004.04-6 (using perl-base_5.005.02-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl-base ... Preparing to replace perl 5.004.04-6 (using perl_5.005.02-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl ... dpkg: error processing perl_5.005.02-1_i386.deb (--install): trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man3/Data::Dumper.3pm.gz', which is also in packa ge data-dumper dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Setting up perl-base (5.005.02-1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: perl_5.005.02-1_i386.deb John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre