Re^2: install another perl without disturbing the older install?

i think the configure script defaults to 'no' on putting a new binary in /usr/bin if it finds one already exists, so the defaults might work just fine.

and i've seen perl installed within /opt before, which should work since its not in the OP's $PATH

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Re^3: install another perl without disturbing the older install? by johngg (Canon) on Jul 28, 2006 at 08:53 UTC
You are right. Now I'm back in the office I have looked at the log of a build of perl 5.8.4 on a Solaris box. The default to "Do you want to install perl as /usr/bin/perl?" is indeed no. One less thing for the AnonyMonk to worry about. Cheers, JohnGG	[reply]