Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:13:18 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Jason Lieurance <jason@vipersystems.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.7: Perl Questions Message-ID: <3EE8ECEE.4080503@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <2049.192.168.1.150.1055452567.squirrel@vipersystems.biz> References: <2049.192.168.1.150.1055452567.squirrel@vipersystems.biz>
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Jason Lieurance wrote: > Hello, > > I have Freebsd 4.7 and I have perl 5.00503 and I ran 'perl -MCPAN -e > shell' Then at the cpan prompt I ran install bundle or something and it > started loading a bunch of things but finally it had an error and couldn't > finish. But now I have my original perl in /usr/bin and another perl in > /usr/local/bin. I don't think the 5.8 finished because of the error but > its there. How do I clear up the perl mess? Should I upgrade to 5.8? I > need some perl modules installed for some programs but I get this error > when I go to install the modules 'don't know how to make > /usr/libdata/perl/5.00503/mach/CORE/opnames.h. Stop'. That's why I'm > trying to upgrade in the first place. Thanks. I recommend using the ports to install perl modules. Not knowing exactly what you did, it's difficult to tell you how to clean it up. I would suggest backing up /usr/local/bin and then trying to manually rm any perl directories. If you delete something you shouldn't you can restore from backup. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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