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To: "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@uswest.com>
From: compland@ism.com.br (Helio Coelho Jr. - CompuLand Informatica)
Subject: Re: Perl v.5
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Hi:

  That's right. I have both installed but the $path points to the v.4
Just need to correct the path !

Thanks a lot!
Helio.


>Dave Andersen wrote:
>> 
>> Perl5 is available in both the packages collection and the ports
>> collection.  The easiest way to install it is to grab it from the
>> packages (ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/packages) and do a pkg_add on
>> it.  Otherwise, you make it from the ports collection.
>> 
>>     -Dave Andersen
>> 
>> Lo and behold, Helio Coelho Jr. - CompuLand Informatica once said:
>> > Hi:
>> >
>> >    I'm running FreeBSD 2.1R (from Walnut Creek cdrom). I know that it cames
>> > with perl v.5, but when I issue a 'perl -v', I got 'Perl Version 4'. I need
>> > to run
>> > perl v.5. What can I do ?
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> > Helio.
>
>I'm going to guess that when Helio installed, he had perl v.5 installed
>but when he tries to run he gets v.4. The problem is that perl5 is
>installed in /usr/local/bin and perl4 is installed in /bin
>
>Paul.
>
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