RE: [cobalt-users] Perl 5.6 on RAQ3

["Jim Carey" <ozbcoz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Perhaps you can install Perl 5.6 to a non-standard location (after backing
> up your current install of Perl, of course).  The top line of a
> Perl script
> specifies the path to Perl so if you install a second copy of Perl that
> doesn't overwrite your current copy it won't affect any Cobalt scripts or
> the GUI.  You'll just have to change the path at the top of the
> scripts that
> you want to run Perl 5.6.  And though I haven't attempted this
> yet (haven't
> needed to) I believe other list members have.
>
> --
> Steve Werby

Hi - thanks everyone for the advice - so if I:

perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/path_to_my_new_perl

that should compile it into the alternative location ?

I should be ok as long as I also refer to that path in the shebang (what a
name :-) ?

(and I will backup my perl libs !)

cheers

Jim Carey
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