Ugrade Perl to 3.8.8

[DRKT]

Hi!

how upgrade perl 3.8.0 to 3.8.8 ? and how install CPAN?

Thanks!

 

[floyd]

how upgrade perl 3.8.0

That would be a downgrade. The current version is 5.8.8. Perl and cpan are automatically installed in most distributions.

 

[DRKT]

Sorry my Perl version is 5.8.0 and i want upgrade to 5.8.8 how?

Thanks!

 

[floyd]

If there is no rpm for that version for your distribution then you will have to do it from source. http://www.perl.com/download.csp

Do you really have a need for upgrading?

 

[modem]

Based on the SpamAssassin 3.2.0 thread, the new SA requires features that indirectly require Perl 5.8.8.

 

[DRKT]

yes for spamassassin 3.2 and others...

Thanks!

 

[DRKT]

and How do a good upgrade for perl 5.8.8 ?

 

[smtalk]

You can compile it from the source (http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/stable.tar.gz) or install its RPM (if it's created for your OS). Please consult the appropriate README and INSTALLING files if you have trouble configuring, compiling, and installing Perl.

 

[DRKT]

for upgrade command line... REDHAT 8.0 it's ok?
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cd /usr/local/directadmin/customapache
wget http://www.perl.com/download.csp#stable
tar -zxvf stable.tar.gz
cd perl-5.8.8
./configure.gnu
make
make install
-----------

or... ??

thanks

 

[floyd]

I think you mean:

wget http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/stable.tar.gz

 

[modem]

Will this modify or harm the current Perl paths in CentOS 3.8? Rather what I'm asking is that, does CentOS 3.8 have custom path's for perl that if I was to compile perl from source that it'd put it in a different location??

 

[hostpc.com]

You're running Redhat 8.0 ???

Might be time to think about an upgrade there... RH8 is even beyond Legacy support I thought.

for upgrade command line... REDHAT 8.0 it's ok?
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cd /usr/local/directadmin/customapache
wget http://www.perl.com/download.csp#stable
tar -zxvf stable.tar.gz
cd perl-5.8.8
./configure.gnu
make
make install
-----------

or... ??

thanks

 

[DRKT]

yes it's old server...

 

[DRKT]

hi!

i do:
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wget http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/stable.tar.gz
tar -zxvf stable.tar.gz
cd perl-5.8.8
./configure.gnu
make
make install
--------

and i have all time perl 5.8.0 why? (perl -v)

Thanks!

 

[DirectAdmin Support]

It might have been installed at /usr/local/bin/perl, but /usr/bin/perl (the old one) has higher priority in the $PATH....

Type:

updatedb
locatel perl |grep bin

to see what you have.
Check the versions of those files directly, eg:

/usr/local/bin/perl -v

John

 

[DRKT]

don't work...

if write: perl -v

i have always perl 5.8.0

if write: /usr/local/bin/perl -v ...it's ok

why?

 

[floyd]

Because now you have two versions of perl installed. One in /usr/bin/perl and one in /usr/local/bin/perl

If you do not want to delete the old installation then change the top line of your perl scripts to #!/usr/local/bin/perl

 

[DRKT]

if i want 5.8.8 by default? and spamassassin have same error...

thanks!

 

[rohit]

Read my post http://www.directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18730 see if this is of any help?? it is long but is for what you are talking here!!!

 

[DRKT]

Don't work for me! thank for your post!