[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> I want to install Perl 5.005_03. I ftp'd to redhat.com but didn't see
> an rpm for it. How do I install the source code on my Apollo machine?
> More specifically, I downloaded Perl from cpan. I tried to uninstall
> the rpm for 5.004, but couldn't do so because of about 25 listed
> dependencies. Does this mean I'm stuck with 5.004? Can I compile and
> install 5.005_03 over, around, or next to 5.004 without messing up my
> system? If I install it will the system automatically switch to the
> new version or will it still use the old?
Look in the source RPMS for 6.1. The perl version in 6.1 is 5.00503.
If your Red Hat distro installed is < 6.1, d/l the source RPM rather
than the binary, install, cd to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/ and do an
"rpm -bb " of the spec file.
rickf
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