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Date:      Thu, 8 Oct 1998 13:11:51 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Ketung.hsiao@losangeles.af.mil
Subject:   Re: Perl -v
Message-ID:  <199810081711.NAA17655@lakes.dignus.com>
In-Reply-To: <361CE5ED.38EC6282@losangeles.af.mil>

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> 
> Please solve this mystery for me.  I'd really appreciate it.
> I use FreeBSD 2.2.6 CD for my Unix installation.
> I installed all the ports.
> 
> I then did:
>     cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5
>     make install
> 
> after this:
>     perl -v  still give me "This is perl, verision 4.0"
> 
> I tried "make deinstall", then "make reinstall".
> I still get "This is perl, verision 4.0" for "perl -v" command.
> 
> I had successfully installed perl 5 before this, but can't duplicate it.
> 
> This drive me nuts.  Pls help.
> 
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Look closely at where perl5 is being installed; I bet you still have
perl4 on your PATH.

	- Dave Rivers -

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