How to Un-Install perl-5.8?

[aurekha]

My problem is, previously, i had installed perl-5.8.7 in my Linux. But when i do upgrade i.e when i install perl-5.8.8 in my machine, it doesn't get installed completely. So , i am getting error while doing programs.

It takes the path as /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8
but i want to run my scripts in the path as /usr/lib/perl/5.8.7.


Any reply to this will make me Happy.

[numberwhun]

My problem is, previously, i had installed perl-5.8.7 in my Linux. But when i do upgrade i.e when i install perl-5.8.8 in my machine, it doesn't get installed completely. So , i am getting error while doing programs.

It takes the path as /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8
but i want to run my scripts in the path as /usr/lib/perl/5.8.7.


Any reply to this will make me Happy.

First, I have deleted your other thread. Please be sure and post your question(s) only once to the forum and do not duplicate them. Accidents happen, we understand. :-)

As for your question, your scripts themselves will be run from wherever you put them on your Unix system. I am not sure what you mean by "it takes the path as ..... ".

Also, what errors are you getting when executing code? You can have two versions of perl on the same Unix machine, that isn't an issue. What happened during your installation that leads you to believe it isn't right?

Regards,

Jeff

[aurekha]

Thanks jeff for responding. But my problem is, previously, i had perl-5.8.7 and i run my scripts in /usr/lib/perl/5.8.7. Then later, i installed perl-5.8.8 , which is not completely installed in my machine.

When i run my mod-perl program,which is named as 'first::test' i am getting errors that, 'test' is not found at @INC, where @INC contains ------------- and something goes like that.

Here my machine will look for the upgraded version i.e perl-5.8.8. But unfortunately it is not installed completely in my machine.

[aurekha]

Thanks jeff for responding. But my problem is, previously, i had perl-5.8.7 and i run my scripts in /usr/lib/perl/5.8.7. Then later, i installed perl-5.8.8 , which is not completely installed in my machine.

When i run my mod-perl program,which is named as 'first::test' i am getting errors that, 'test' is not found at @INC, where @INC contains ------------- and something goes like that.

Here my machine will look for the upgraded version i.e perl-5.8.8. But unfortunately it is not installed completely in my machine.

[numberwhun]

Thanks jeff for responding. But my problem is, previously, i had perl-5.8.7 and i run my scripts in /usr/lib/perl/5.8.7. Then later, i installed perl-5.8.8 , which is not completely installed in my machine.

When i run my mod-perl program,which is named as 'first::test' i am getting errors that, 'test' is not found at @INC, where @INC contains ------------- and something goes like that.

Here my machine will look for the upgraded version i.e perl-5.8.8. But unfortunately it is not installed completely in my machine.

Well, I would still like to know how you think Perl is not fully installed. Did the installation not finish? Did you interrupt it? Just because it is not finding a module that is "not" part of the default Perl installation is no reason to think that Perl is not installed. Because you have a new version, I would believe that you would have to reinstall the modules that you are using regularly (and any others). That is the way it sounds at least.

Are you saying that you actually put your scripts into "/usr/lib/perl/5.8.7" or that is where you kept the Perl binary? Just curious as either is rather unusual since that is a lib directory. The standard default Unix path is /usr/bin/perl ( which is the executable. If you do a "which perl", that is probably the one it refers to. And, if you do "perl -v" on the command line, it will tell you which one you are using.

Regards,

Jeff

[aurekha]

Perl is working in my machine. When come to mod-perl, it is not recognising the path '/usr/lib/perl' instead, it is choosing '/usr/local/lib/perl'

Here, I interrupt the installation of 5.8.8. When i am writing modperl programs, i am getting error that, 'program name' not found in @INC.


when i see the contents of the @INC, i didn't find path as '/usr/lib/perl'

How to append this path into @INC????????????//

[numberwhun]

Perl is working in my machine. When come to mod-perl, it is not recognising the path '/usr/lib/perl' instead, it is choosing '/usr/local/lib/perl'

Here, I interrupt the installation of 5.8.8. When i am writing modperl programs, i am getting error that, 'program name' not found in @INC.


when i see the contents of the @INC, i didn't find path as '/usr/lib/perl'

How to append this path into @INC????????????//

@INC contains the path (I believe) to the modules that you have installed. If your issue is that it cannot find a module, then re-install it via CPAN and see if it works. If you interupted the Perl installation in any way, then you should go ahead and redo it to have it complete.

I am still a little lost as to why you need /usr/lib/perl. The 'lib directory is where the libraries are. This is not the place for executables or scripts.

Regards,

Jeff

[aurekha]

From starting onwards, i used to do my scripts in that path onlyyy.

And also, one more thing is that, when i use '/usr/local/lib/perl' instead of '/usr/lib/perl' , i am getting error. I think , this error is occuring, that modules i had installed previously doesn't compatible with the latest version.

when i test by using 'perl -v', i am getting 5.8.8. So previous modules doesn't work with upgraded version. So, now my machine is having 5.8.7 and halfly installed 5.8.8.

What can i dooooooooooooo????????//

[numberwhun]

From starting onwards, i used to do my scripts in that path onlyyy.

And also, one more thing is that, when i use '/usr/local/lib/perl' instead of '/usr/lib/perl' , i am getting error. I think , this error is occuring, that modules i had installed previously doesn't compatible with the latest version.

when i test by using 'perl -v', i am getting 5.8.8. So previous modules doesn't work with upgraded version. So, now my machine is having 5.8.7 and halfly installed 5.8.8.

What can i dooooooooooooo????????//

I would re-install any modules you need, just as I mentioned earlier. Also, it is a good idea to put your scripts somewhere other than /usr/lib/perl. Keep them in your own development directory.

Regards,

Jeff

[aurekha]

Thanks for ur reply to me, My problem has been solved. What i did is, i re-installed perl-5.8.8. which takes path in my own dir.

Thank you