Although I am novice, I love Perl. But, how do you get rid of it?

Horror falls upon some Perlers at the thought uninstalling their beloved. While it may seem a strange thought to some, most programs should come with an "UNINSTALL" button. Perl eerily does not.

A recent tutorial on Perl.com regarding threads and elevators required the installation of Perl 5.8.0 using threads turned on. After reading the intriguing article I configured and installed Perl on Readhat Linux 8.0 according to the directions. However, a quick "perl -v" determined that the threaded version supplanted the old one even though the new version was installed in a completely different directory.

I experienced sheer joy at the wonder of threads but anxiety at the thought of having to leave the current threaded installation in place. This threaded version of Perl is much more CPU intensive and would therefore not be acceptable for use on daily critical tasks.

After scouring the web and finding no good discussion on the matter, I contacted the author of the piece. He had never tried to uninstall Perl but suggested the monks as the best source of wisdom.

Having said all that, has anyone uninstalled Perl and what was your experience?

Thank you so much,
Terrence Brown

update (broquaint): title change (was Uninstalling Perl)

In reply to Reverting Back to other Perl Install by terrencebrown

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