having recently taken that step myself, some up-to-date tips:
- with debian, perl is all installed automatically and works out-of-the-box;
- even if you're new to the unix world you can soon get the hang of file permissions, but the fun really starts with mysql: that caused me a lot of frustration - you have to change the file ownership (if they're pulled over from windows) to "mysql" as well;
- tried kdevelop as DE for perl and got into a hopeless tangle: it's using a steamroller to crack a nut;
- what I like a lot as my perl DE is SciTe (there's a deb package); there's just a problem under kde with the window frame font sizes (because it's gtk). The solution you'll find on the net of installing gtk2-engines-gtk-qt didn't work (at least the debian package). Scite wouldn't launch afterwards, and I had to deinstall gtk2-engines and delete a couple of *rc config files before it would run again.
..apart from that, all is sweetness and light (...well, most of the time)
good luck. | [reply] |
Yes, perl comes updated in every version of Knoppix. SciTE installed easily without trouble with Debian's package. As Knoppix has most LINUX parts virtual, I created a .SciTE/ directory at HOME and loaded there my own versions of the three .properties files and the perl.api, etc.
What I like of Knoppix is that it's fixed structure helps me avoid screwing up something, for my lack of experience.
It is like consulting the horoscope every morning instead of simply living. But I need this until my experience is able to touch every part of LINUX without fear of loosing my stability. I know I'll reach that state.
About MySQL, I knew that there was a reason to avoid touching it that I couldn't remember, cause I now find myself avoiding most databases if they are not SQLite.
| [reply] |
