Hi,

Newbie question....

I had perl 5.6.0 as part of the RH7.2. I installed 5.8.1, and then installed some new modules. After adding a line in bash_profile (as recommeded by the monks -thank you), I now get the new perl 5.8 when I perl -v, but I can't see any new modules, or any modules for that matter - not even the ones I could see under perl5.6. Where do modules get installed to by default?

I currently have

/usr/bin/perl5.6.0
/usr/local/bin/perl5.8.1

How do I make my new perl 5.8 recognise the any previously installed modules seen under 5.6?

How do I make my new perl recognise newly installed modules?

Is there a reason why the new perl installs by default into a different directory?

Er..that was a bit more than my original question wasn't it - sorry it's the thirst for knowledge you see.

In reply to where do perl modules install? by Clunk

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