From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 8 10:55:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA13105 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 10:55:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from florence.pavilion.net (florence.pavilion.net [194.242.128.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA13063 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 10:55:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joe@florence.pavilion.net) Received: (from joe@localhost) by florence.pavilion.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA26632; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 18:54:57 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from joe) Message-ID: <19981008185456.B20844@pavilion.net> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 18:54:56 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser To: Ketung hsiao , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Perl -v References: <361CE5ED.38EC6282@losangeles.af.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <361CE5ED.38EC6282@losangeles.af.mil>; from Ketung hsiao on Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 09:18:53AM -0700 X-NCC-RegID: uk.pavilion Organisation: Pavilion Internet plc, 24 The Old Steine, Brighton, BN1 1EL, England Phone: +44-1273-607072 Fax: +44-1273-607073 Mobile: +44-403-596893 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 09:18:53AM -0700, Ketung hsiao wrote: > 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. /usr/bin/perl is perl4 /usr/local/bin/perl is perl5. Under version 3.x of FreeBSD this will change to: /usr/bin/perl = perl5 /usr/local/bin/perl won't exist. Joe -- Josef Karthauser Technical Manager FreeBSD: The power to serve (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message