On 11-05-10 11:06 AM, porpen wrote:
But I agree, building and installing from source is probably your best bet. Heck install it to /usr/local or /opt or wherever and add symlinks to your ~/bin. This will keep the distro happy with it's stable version of perl.
The best way to install a local version of Perl is to use perlbrew http://search.cpan.org/~gugod/App-perlbrew-0.20/bin/perlbrew
It allows you to switch between different versions, among other things. -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Confusion is the first step of understanding. Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. The secret to great software: Fail early & often. Eliminate software piracy: use only FLOSS.