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

Hi, I have two perl versions installed on my solaries box, one in /usr/bin/perl5.8.4 and local folder tools\sol\perl5.8.8. I want to install perl modules using my local copy. How can I do it? Thanks

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Re: perl installation
by Corion (Patriarch) on Mar 07, 2008 at 07:00 UTC

    Launch the cpan shell of your local copy instead of launching the global version:

    tools/sol/perl5.8.8/bin/cpan

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    instead of

    cpan

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    Also, you might want to adjust $ENV{PATH} so that /home/user/ygp/tools/sol/perl5.8.8/bin is found before /usr/bin.

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      Hi, i added env as
      export PERLLIB=/tools/sol/perl/lib
      and did (I am installing module in local directory)
      $ perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/Perl_Modules
      Perl lib version (v5.8.8) doesn't match executable version (v5.8.4) at /tools/sol/perl/lib/Config.pm line 46.
      Compilation failed in require at tools/sol/perl/lib /ExtUtils/MakeMaker/Config.pm line 6. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /tools/sol/perl /lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker/Config.pm line 6. Compilation failed in require at /tools/sol/perl/lib /ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /tools/sol/perl /lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at Makefile.PL line 1. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 1.
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        Yes. Along with launching your local version of cpan, you also need to launch your local version of perl. Which is why I recommended adjusting $ENV{PATH} so your local Perl gets found first. The error message explains that well:

        Perl lib version (v5.8.8) doesn't match executable version (v5.8.4)

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        You're running perl5.8.4 but you have set up the Perl libraries to point to those of 5.8.8. To fix this, you need to launch the 5.8.8 Perl as well. Do:

        /tools/sol/perl/bin/perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/Perl_Modules

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        instead of using

        perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/Perl_Modules

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        Don't do that then
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