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in thread broke my perl? :(

I tried installing latest perl release (5.12.1) from source but /usr/bin/perl is still the script I copied there. Maybe I have to remove it and then install perl again? Maybe perl sees the file still exists during installation and leaves it instead of overwriting it?

apt-get is still healthy and running.

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Re^3: broke my perl? :(
by marto (Cardinal) on Aug 25, 2010 at 10:51 UTC

    "I tried installing latest perl release (5.12.1) from source but /usr/bin/perl is still the script I copied there."

    Don't do this, why aren't you reinstalling the version of Perl shipped with Ubuntu via the methods previously suggested?

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      sry, missed that post.
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