Installing seperate version of Perl.

[TLOlczyk]

I am using Linux and want to debug some code written in a slightly
older version of Pwel. So I want to setup a user who uses that old
version. How do I install it, without mucking up any of the present
perl stuff?


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[Sherm Pendley]

I am using Linux and want to debug some code written in a slightly
older version of Pwel. So I want to setup a user who uses that old
version. How do I install it, without mucking up any of the present
perl stuff?

That's described in the standard installation docs. The key word to look for
there is "prefix".

Let's say you used a prefix of /usr/local/oldperl. The Perl binary would
then be in /usr/local/oldperl/bin, so add that to your user's PATH. Or,
begin scripts that use the old perl with #!/usr/local/oldperl/bin/perl.

sherm--

 

[TLOlczyk]

That's described in the standard installation docs. The key word to look for
there is "prefix".

Let's say you used a prefix of /usr/local/oldperl. The Perl binary would
then be in /usr/local/oldperl/bin, so add that to your user's PATH. Or,
begin scripts that use the old perl with #!/usr/local/oldperl/bin/perl.

Sorry your answer shows me that I asked the wrong question.
The right question should have been:
"How do I get two different versions of perl to coexist on the same
machine."


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[Sherm Pendley]

Sorry your answer shows me that I asked the wrong question.
The right question should have been:
"How do I get two different versions of perl to coexist on the same
machine."

How is that question any different than your first one?

Like I said - build each version using a different install prefix, as
described in the standard docs that come with the Perl source. You can
install as many different versions that way as disk space and patience
allows.

sherm--

 

[Joe Smith]

Sorry your answer shows me that I asked the wrong question.
The right question should have been:
"How do I get two different versions of perl to coexist on the same
machine."

The answer was stated above.
Put one version of perl in /usr/local/bin/perl and the other one
in /usr/local/oldperl/bin/perl.
Both versions (and their libraries) can coexist on the same machine.

Notice that you did not ask "how can I make '/usr/bin/perl' be different
versions to different users". If you had asked that question, I would
have referred you to the chroot() system call and/or executable program.
But you didn't, so Sherm's answer stands.
-Joe