Kindra, If you don't want to change the "shebang" (the first line of your scripts) for all your scripts, you could just create a symbolic link:
mkdir -p /m1/shared/bin/ ln -s /usr/bin/perl /m1/shared/bin/perl --- Andres Monroy-Hernandez Ex Libris Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Kindra Morelock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 3:20 PM To: perl4lib@perl.org Subject: RE: installing perl 5.8.6 Michael, You're right, 5.8.5 *is* installed. Thanks for pointing that out! I did download and run your utility. Here's my output: DOPE 0.9.1 beta - Discover Oracle-Perl Environment SunOS endeavor 5.9 Generic_118558-05 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V250 Searching for Solaris Perl packages... EISIdbish Perl DBI and DBD::Oracle modules EISInetpl Perl libnet module SUNWopl5m Perl 5.005_03 Reference Manual Pages SUNWopl5p Perl 5.005_03 (POD Documentation) SUNWopl5u Perl 5.005_03 SUNWpl5m Perl 5.6.1 Reference Manual Pages SUNWpl5p Perl 5.6.1 (POD Documentation) SUNWpl5u Perl 5.6.1 (core) SUNWpl5v Perl 5.6.1 (non-core) Searching for 'perl' executables... /usr/perl5/5.6.1/bin/perl Inode#: 3696 Version: 5.6.1 /usr/perl5/5.00503/bin/perl Inode#: 32424 Version: 5.005_03 ...has these 'after market' modules: DBD::Oracle 1.06 DBI 1.14 Net ??? /m1/shared/perl/5.8.5-09/bin/perl Inode#: 4304 Version: 5.8.5 ...has these 'after market' modules: DBD::Oracle 1.15 DBI 1.43 Note: Identical inode numbers indicate hard-linked files. Note: There may be Perl executables under a different name. Searching for Perl symbolic links... /usr/bin/perl -> /usr/perl5/5.00503/bin/perl (5.005_03) /m1/shared/bin/perl -> /m1/shared/perl/5.8.5-09/bin/perl (5.8.5) Searching for locations of Perl DBI module(s)... /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris/DBI.pm /m1/shared/perl/5.8.5-09/lib/5.8.5/sun4-solaris/DBI.pm /m1/shared/perl/5.8.5-09/lib/site_perl/5.8.5/sun4-solaris/DBI.pm /m1/shared/perl/5.8.5-09/.cpan/build/DBI-1.43/DBI.pm /m1/shared/perl/5.8.5-09/.cpan/build/DBI-1.43/blib/lib/DBI.pm Searching for locations of Perl DBD::Oracle module(s)... /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris/DBD/Oracle.pm /m1/shared/perl/5.8.5-09/lib/site_perl/5.8.5/sun4-solaris/DBD/Oracle.pm /m1/shared/perl/5.8.5-09/.cpan/build/DBD-Oracle-1.15/Oracle.pm /m1/shared/perl/5.8.5-09/.cpan/build/DBD-Oracle-1.15/blib/lib/DBD/Oracle .pm Searching for Oracle versions on this system... /oracle/app/oracle/product has these versions... 9.2.0 9.2.0.3 ________________________________ Does this mean that I have to change the first line of my script to /m1/shared/bin/perl to get it to point to 5.8.5 vs. /usr/bin/perl? Thanks, Kindra >>> "Doran, Michael D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/19/05 2:03 PM >>> Hi Kindra, Although you are only aware of the one Perl installation on your server, there are probably at least two others. A new Sun server from Endeavor will have Solaris 9, which comes with Perl 5.005 and Perl 5.6. In addition, as part of the Voyager software installation, you will have Perl 5.8.5 installed as well as some useful non-default modules such as the DBI and DBD::Oracle modules (try looking in /m1/shared/). To get a better idea of what you have on your system, try downloading and running the "dope.sh" utility [1]. > how do I uninstall 5.005... I don't recommend un-installing the Solaris OS installed versions of Perl (unless you really understand the ramifications) since Perl is required by the operating system. > ...and reinstall 5.8.6 Installing Perl from the source tarball is fairly straight forward, but it does require that you have a C compiler already installed on the server. Endeavor doesn't put a C compiler on, but the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc) is available on the Solaris software companion CD that comes as part of the media kit. As I mentioned above, you shouldn't have to install Perl 5.8.6, as it is likely already on your system. -- Michael [1] dope.sh (Discover Oracle-Perl Environment) http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/dope.html # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian # University of Texas at Arlington # 817-272-5326 office # 817-688-1926 cell # [EMAIL PROTECTED] # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Kindra Morelock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 10:41 AM > To: perl4lib@perl.org > Subject: installing perl 5.8.6 > > Hi everyone, > > I'm new here, and I'm here because I need some major assistance. > > We recently purchased a new Sun server through Endeavor. > Unfortunately, perl 5.005 is installed on it vs. the 5.8.x that we had > installed on our old server. My predecessor (who was much more of a > guru in all things unix/perl than I) programmed several customized > applications in perl 5.8.x that work on the old server, but > unfortunately don't work with perl 5.005 apparently. > > My question is: how do I uninstall 5.005 and reinstall 5.8.6? I > downloaded the stable.tar.gz from http://www.perl.com/download.csp. I > am fairly familiar with unix commands and some really basic > programming > (I'm more of a VB programmer though). I get a little anxious when I'm > messing around with stuff on our server, so if anyone has a > resource or > step-by-step instructions they could forward me, I would really > appreciate it. > > Thanks, > Kindra > > ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ > Kindra I. Morelock > Library Systems Administrator > Trinity International University > 2065 Half Day Road > Deerfield, IL 60015 > (847) 317-4021 > > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Ex Libris (USA), and is believed to be virus free.
