$ perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 14 subversion 2) configuration: Platform: osname=darwin, osvers=11.2.0, archname=darwin-2level uname='darwin ganymede 11.2.0 darwin kernel version 11.2.0: tue aug 9 20:54:00 pdt 2011; root:xnu-1699.24.8~1release_x86_64 x86_64 ' config_args='-de -Dprefix=/Users/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define useithreads=undef, usemultiplicity=undef useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='cc', ccflags ='-fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector', optimize='-O3', cppflags='-fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector' ccversion='', gccversion='4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.1.00)', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16 ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3 cc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector' libpth=/usr/lib libs=-ldbm -ldl -lm -lutil -lc perllibs=-ldl -lm -lutil -lc libc=, so=dylib, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a gnulibc_version='' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=bundle, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -fstack-protector' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV USE_64_BIT_ALL USE_64_BIT_INT USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF Built under darwin Compiled at Oct 23 2011 21:06:51 %ENV: PERL5LIB="/Users/ken/local/lib/perl" PERLBREW_BASHRC_VERSION="0.30" PERLBREW_HOME="/Users/ken/.perlbrew" PERLBREW_PATH="/Users/ken/perl5/perlbrew/bin:/Users/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin" PERLBREW_PERL="perl-5.14.2" PERLBREW_ROOT="/Users/ken/perl5/perlbrew" PERLBREW_VERSION="0.30" @INC: /Users/ken/local/lib/perl /Users/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/lib/site_perl/5.14.2/darwin-2level /Users/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/lib/site_perl/5.14.2 /Users/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/lib/5.14.2/darwin-2level /Users/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/lib/5.14.2 . $ perlbrew list * perl-5.14.2 /opt/local/bin/perl (5.12.3) <--- MacPorts Perl /usr/bin/perl (5.12.3) <--- System Perl /usr/local/bin/perl (5.14.2) <--- Perlbrew Perl (symlink) $ ls -l /usr/local/bin/perl lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 52 29 Oct 04:30 /usr/local/bin/perl -> /Users/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perl $ which perl /Users/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perl