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

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