updating perl on freebsd

chorg has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello all,

I am configuring FreeBSD 4.3, and it comes with perl 5.00503. The production box is using 5.6.0. This is a dev/test box, so I'd like to use 5.6.(0|1) . Is there a way to easily update perl in this fashion??
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Re: updating perl on freebsd by mikfire (Deacon) on May 08, 2001 at 23:44 UTC
As root, type `cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5 make install` [download] I will note that the CVS files indicate that perl 5.6.1 will be moving into the core in a few weeks. I would highly recommend waiting until that time, cvsuping the world and `cd /usr/sys/contrib/perl5 make install` [download] Yet another BSD bigot :) mikfire	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: updating perl on freebsd (discussion) by deprecated (Priest) on May 09, 2001 at 01:24 UTC
You could download the source and install it as KM says, but the BSD's offer a packaging system which few people seem to really know about. I have outlined the whole thing with tons of cool pod and links in my node, OpenBSD Package Manager in perl. It pertains in specific to OpenBSD, but the concept is the same. The programs you want to look at are: pkg_add(1) pkg_info(1) pkg_delete(1) Yup, you have manpages too! :D brother dep. -- Laziness, Impatience, Hubris, and Generosity*.	[reply]
Re: updating perl on freebsd by KM (Priest) on May 08, 2001 at 23:38 UTC
Just download the source and install it! :) Cheers, KM	[reply]


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