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[Martin Hepworth]

David Lee wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, RedRed!com IT Department wrote:
>
>> Duh, I guess I haven't had enough coffee today, or maybe I've had too
>> much. LOL
>>
>> Anyway, I did install perl-5.8.6 and it installed in the /usr/local/
>> prefix. So I moved everything down to the /usr prefix. Is there
>> somewhere that I need to change this so that the PERL5PATH points to
>> /usr/lib instead of /usr/local/lib? This may very well be my issue.
>> Thanks.
>
>
> For "plug-and-play" usage, MS much prefers that the machine has just one
> perl installation which has been cleanly installed and maintained.  It is
> possible to run on machines with two (or more?) perl installations that
> are each clean (and I've done so), but it perhaps won't "plug-and-play".
> If you then start diddling and moving around bits of perl, its libraries
> and its modules, that is almost certainly asking for trouble.
>
> (As perl modules build, they often know, and need to know, where they (and
> each other are); moving them confuses them mightily.)
>
> Consider cleaning out all remanants of all perls and, after checking that
> all traces of all perls really have gone, then re-install a single perl of
> your choice into a single location of your choice ("/usr" probably
> preferred to "/usr/local") and maintain it cleanly there.
>
> Then, and only then, return to MS, which should then cleanly install.
>
> Sorry if that sounds a bit harsh!  (Much in life is multitudinous and
> subtle shades of grey.  But MS's preferences for a single, clean perl is a
> more blatant black and white issue.)
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> --
>
> :  David Lee

David

assumes you are running a Linux flavour as some O/S's (the BSD's,
FreeBSD in particular) are quite happy with two perls....one that with
the base O/S (getting less required) and one from the ports tree.
There's even a little script to switch from one to the other.

BUT when you install MS you have to point it at the actual perl being
used rather than relying on the sym link to cope (install.sh
--perl=/usr/local/bin/perl).

--
Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300


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