Updating Perl
Greetings Monks, I am running a MacBook pro with OS X 10.4.7. I know Perl comes preintsalled but that is version 5.8.6. I found 5.8.8 on the Apple site. Now I don't really know UNIX that well. I was wondering how to update my usr/bin/perl to 5.8.8. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Re: Updating Perl
created: 2006-08-04 12:35:59
Hi petercolapietro,
this Apple guide details upgrading to 5.8.1 as the article states:
"Editor's Note: This article was originally written after the release of Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, but the information is still relevant even with the release of Panther. Perl 5.8 is included in the installation of Mac OS X v10.3 Panther, but you may want to install your own version if you plan to customize it; or if you are still running Jaguar."
I am pretty sure you can follow it as a guide for instaling Perl 5.8.8 you downloaded from the Apple site.
Hope this helps.
Martin
this Apple guide details upgrading to 5.8.1 as the article states:
"Editor's Note: This article was originally written after the release of Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, but the information is still relevant even with the release of Panther. Perl 5.8 is included in the installation of Mac OS X v10.3 Panther, but you may want to install your own version if you plan to customize it; or if you are still running Jaguar."
I am pretty sure you can follow it as a guide for instaling Perl 5.8.8 you downloaded from the Apple site.
Hope this helps.
Martin
Re: Updating Perl
created: 2006-08-04 13:51:10
The safest thing to do is to not muck with the system's version and just compile your own copy somewhere else (traditonally under /usr/local or /opt) and change PATH in your environment to find that copy first. Alternately you could look at installing something like Darwin Ports and letting that compile the latest for you (and you'd put /opt/local/bin on the front of your path using that).