On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:54:52 -1000 Joel Roth <jo...@pobox.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 03:03:49PM +0000, Richard wrote: > > Hi, > > > Playing dangerously with Sid, and I've reached the limit > > of what it will upgrade to without some help. Nearly > > everything has a dependency on perl, the perl version has > > change, so how do just upgrade the perl base. I can't see > > the equivalent of rpm --nodeps in apt-get, and clean up > > the mess afterwards. > > Yours might be simply an upgrade question, but if you need > the latest, greatest(?) perl, you can use perlbrew[1] to > install multiple versions of perl in your home directory. > This avoids problems of what the Debian system expects for > its purposes. Also, local::lib[2] allows you to install modules in > your home directory of different (generally later) versions > than are available through Debian packages. > > cheers, > > Joel > > 1. https://metacpan.org/module/perlbrew > > 2. https://metacpan.org/module/local::lib > Thanks for the info -- Best wishes / 73 Richard Bown e-mail: rich...@g8jvm.com or richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk nil carborundum a illegitemis ################################################################################## Ham Call G8JVM . OS Debian Wheezy amd64 on a Dual core AMD Athlon 5200, 4 GB RAM Maidenhead QRA: IO82SP38, LAT. 52 39.720' N LONG. 2 28.171 W ( degs mins ) QRV HF + VHF Microwave 23 cms:140W,13 cms:100W,6 cms:10W & 3 cms:5W ################################################################################## -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111117225831.392ee771@debian
