>However, I have several files that need aren't modules but are needed
>for my script. One of these is a data file. How do I set up Makefile.pl
>to make sure this data file gets put in a place where the script can
>read it?
The answer verbatim from The Perl Cookbook
(http://www.oreilly.com/catalo
> 2) Since 5.6.1 is installed right now, can I install
> 5.8.0 over it without uninstalling 5.6.1? (Btw,
> I'm running Slackware Linux 8.0).
You may want to look at the latest issue of the Perl Journal
(www.tpj.com). It has an excellent article by Matthew O. Persico
entitled: Juggling Perl Versio
