Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 02:23:59 +0930 From: Shane Ambler <Shane@007Marketing.com> To: Rob MacGregor <freebsd.macgregor@blueyonder.co.uk>, FreeBSD Mailing Lists <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade Perl to 5.8.7 Message-ID: <BF3973BF.33458%Shane@007Marketing.com> In-Reply-To: <200508291638.j7TGc7se026708@the-macgregors.org>
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Have a look in Appendix A of the handbook for cvsup - you use this to update your ports directories. <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html>; Once you have updated your ports you will find perl 5.8.7 there. Sounds like the perl-5.8.7.tbz file is the pre-built package - try pkg_add perl-5.8.7.tbz You can find more info on packages in chapter 4.4 at - <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/packages-using.ht ml> On 30/8/05 2:08 AM, "Rob MacGregor" <freebsd.macgregor@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > On Monday, August 29, 2005 5:14 PM, Gawie Marais (Home) <> unleashed the > infinite monkeys and produced: > >> Hi >> >> We are trying to install a package on freeBSD that requires Perl 5.8.7 >> >> Is there any way to install Perl 5.8.7 through the ports as the latest >> version I can install is Perl 5.8.5 >> >> If that is the latest version available through the ports, then can someone >> point me in the right direction to get version 5.8.7 installed ?? >> >> * I have perl-5.8.7.tbz download from the net, but I can't figure out how to >> install it. > > You have a (very) out of date ports tree. 5.8.7 was added to the tree over 2 > months ago. -- Shane Ambler Sales Department 007Marketing.com Shane@007Marketing.com
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