perl installation it works but it is not the deafult version

[ihopeto]

Hi there, thanks for reading.

I am very new to perl and all that goes with it.

I had perl 5.6.0 running on one of my linux boxes...I needed to upgrade to something newer so i could mysql DBI.

I downloaded etc.....did a make, make test, make install.

It's there in /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8. It works if you invoke it long hand....

However using > perl test.pl

uses the old version.....


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how do I get the system to point to all the new versions for the perl, manual etc etc.
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[mbrooks]

Just to clarify. You installed perl into a directory called

/usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8

Also, when you installed perl did you do

./Configure

M. Brooks

http://mbrooks.info