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Thank you, Khen1950fx. This sounds cool.

You really shouldn't listen to Khen1950fx :) but if you want this waste-of-time-approach start with cpanp -z Alien::wxWidgets

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Re^4: Need help installing wxWidgets 2.9.4
by Khen1950fx (Canon) on May 01, 2013 at 09:13 UTC
    You really shouldn't listen to this particular AnonymousMonk:-). I recommended a manual install because I prefer it to cpanp -z, and that's the way I do it. However, you should do it that way if it's easier for you.
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      Hi Khen1950fx, marto and AM, I've been working on some other stuff the last couple of days, but I'd like now to proceed with that installation.
      So, should I do it in the following way:
      1. Uninstall Wx
      2. Uninstall Alien::wxWidgets
      3. Reinstall manually (after extraction) Alien::wxWidgets --wxWidgets-version=2.9.4 (v 0.64)
      4. Reinstall Wx (v 0.9922)
      or should I just reinstall manually (after extraction) Alien::wxWidgets --wxWidgets-version=2.9.4 (v 0.64) on top of the existing installation, without doing the uninstalls first?

      Many TIA - Helen

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        Be careful of uninstallation. I wouldn't recommend it. What I would do is: 
        perl Build.PL wxWidgets-version=2.9.4

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        I use CPAN. Did you know that you can configure CPAN to uninstall for you? It'll uninstall conflicting files, but don't use it if you use INSTALL_BASE. Enter the CPAN shell: 
        cpan> o conf init mbuild_install_arg
cpan> --uninst 1
cpan> o conf commit

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        Check that the change took effect: 
        cpan> o conf mbuild_install_arg
    mbuild_install_arg  [--uninst 1]

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        Now do 
        cpan> o conf init make_install_arg
cpan> UNINST=1
cpan> o conf commit
cpan> o conf make_install_arg
    make_install_arg  [UNINST=1]

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        It worked. You're done. Now install Wx.

        Update: Revised

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      You really shouldn't listen to this particular AnonymousMonk:-). I recommended a manual install because I prefer it to cpanp -z, and that's the way I do it. However, you should do it that way if it's easier for you.

      Yes, you do a lot of time-wasting-things routinely, and then you share with everyone, so others can waste time too

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        Ah! You're not truly anonymous. You are making a good case for the abolition of Anonymous Monk. Why in the hell would you care what I do if you were truly anonymous?
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