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Mac Forum / Programming / Perl / May 2005perl-5.8.6 for Darwin Kernel Version 7.8.0
volks, yes, I know that Tiger is suppose to deliver perl-5.8.6 - but I am not in a position to upgrade to Tiger this weekend - but would like to build perl-5.8.6 and install it the way that it would be installed. So what I need is a 'policy.sh' or the config parameters for building it. I ran the standard ./configure that I downloaded from the CPAN and it's default was to install everything in /usr/local - where as the current version 5.8.1-RC3 is installed in /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1 does this change in Tiger? ciao drieux --- On May 14, 2005, at 12:36 PM, drieux wrote: > yes, I know that Tiger is suppose to deliver > perl-5.8.6 - but I am not in a position to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > So what I need is a 'policy.sh' or the config > parameters for building it. It's documented in the README.macosx file that's included with 5.8.6. > I ran the standard > ./configure that I downloaded from the CPAN > and it's default was to install everything in > /usr/local That's precisely where a custom-built Perl *should* be. The /System folder is Apple's domain. > - where as the current version 5.8.1-RC3 > is installed in /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1 > does this change in Tiger? No, it hasn't changed. Apple's Perl is in /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6, and the default for your own custom-built Perl is /usr/local. sherm-- Cocoa programming in Perl: http://camelbones.sourceforge.net Hire me! My resume: http://www.dot-app.org I installed 5.8.6 a long while ago under Panther and had everything just as I wanted it and had a lot of extra modules installed. Now I've just installed Tiger and see that I'm back to the Apple default installation. How to I revert to using the set-up I was using before the Tiger installation? Has Tiger wiped my installation? JD > I installed 5.8.6 a long while ago under Panther and had everything > just as I wanted it and had a lot of extra modules installed. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > How to I revert to using the set-up I was using before the Tiger > installation? Has Tiger wiped my installation? If you used a prefix of /usr to install it under /System/Library, then yes, it got wiped - that's one reason why installing stuff under /System is such a bad idea. :-/ If you installed it under the default location /usr/local, then your old Perl 5.8.6 will still be there - if you made /usr/bin/perl a symlink to /usr/local/bin/perl, then the symlink would have been wiped out, but that's easy to fix. sherm-- Cocoa programming in Perl: http://camelbones.sourceforge.net Hire me! My resume: http://www.dot-app.org >If you installed it under the default location /usr/local, then your >old Perl 5.8.6 will still be there - if you made /usr/bin/perl a >symlink to /usr/local/bin/perl, then the symlink would have been >wiped out, but that's easy to fix. Thanks for the lightning-fast reply, Sherm! I'm glad to say I did install in /usr/local, so I look forward to hearing how to carry out the easy fix. JD >> If you installed it under the default location /usr/local, then >> your old Perl 5.8.6 will still be there - if you made /usr/bin/ >> perl a symlink to /usr/local/bin/perl, then the symlink would have >> been wiped out, but that's easy to fix. > > Thanks for the lightning-fast reply, Sherm! Entirely by coincidence, to be honest - you happened to post your message just a few minutes before I checked for new list messages for the first time today. I hadn't even noticed the time stamp on it, just that it was a new message that hadn't yet been answered. :-) > I'm glad to say I did install in /usr/local, so I look forward to > hearing how to carry out the easy fix. Just delete /usr/bin/perl - don't worry, it's just a link to /usr/bin/ perl5.8.6, so you can revert to Apple's Perl at any time. Then create a new symlink /usr/bin/perl that points to /usr/local/bin/perl: sudo rm /usr/bin/perl sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/perl /usr/bin/perl sherm-- Cocoa programming in Perl: http://camelbones.sourceforge.net Hire me! My resume: http://www.dot-app.org If you did an Archive and Install then the previous /usr/local hierarchy is in the /Previous folder and you can just "mv" the folder back to the proper location. Jerry >> If you installed it under the default location /usr/local, then >> your old Perl 5.8.6 will still be there - if you made /usr/bin/ [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > JD |
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