Perlbrew install duplicate files

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

I tried to install version 5.14.2 with perlbrew and it wouldn't work so I installed 5.20.0 using perlbrew and it worked my system version is 5.16.2. I am currently reading the introduction perl book and I have also being using perl for awhile. My question is - How come there are so many duplicate files in my developer folder on my mac (mavericks) ? Most of them are perl files from the installs I did. Is this normal or should I get rid of the duplicates? I noticed other duplicate jar files too but perl has a whole bunch of them.

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Re: Perlbrew install duplicate files by kcott (Archbishop) on Jul 25, 2014 at 11:17 UTC
G'day kdgman, Welcome to the monastery. "I tried to install version 5.14.2 with perlbrew and it wouldn't work ..." Take a look at the "App::perlbrew - Compiling Perl with thread support" thread. It covers 5.14.2 and was tested on Mac OS X. [For future reference, posting things like "it wouldn't work" and not providing any details of what you did and the results you got, are not well received. See "How do I post a question effectively?".] -- Ken	[reply]
Re: Perlbrew install duplicate files (each perl has its own files) by Anonymous Monk on Jul 25, 2014 at 07:20 UTC
Why are you using perlbrew? Did you use perlbrew so that you can use many different perl versions without them interfering with each other? There are no duplicates, each perl version has its own files, they don't mix	[reply]