in reply to installing perl 5.12.3

Run this program and add the output to your .bashrc or .bash_profile or autoexec.bat 
#!/usr/bin/perl --
use strict;
use warnings;

use Config;

Main( @ARGV );
exit( 0 );

sub Main {
    my $sep = $Config{path_sep};
    my $pat = 'export PATH=%s$PATH';
    $pat = 'set PATH=%s%%PATH%%'  if $sep eq ';' ;

    printf "$pat\n", join $sep, (
        uniq(
            grep length,
            grep defined,
            map { $Config{$_} }
            qw' installsitebin installvendorbin installbin '
        ),
      ),
      '';
}
sub uniq (@) {
    my %seen = ();
    grep { not $seen{$_}++ } @_;
}

__END__

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The output looks like 
export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH

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or 
set PATH=c:\perl\5.12.2\bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread;c:\perl\site\5.12
+.2\bin;c:\perl\5.12.2\bin;%PATH%

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It is based on 
$ perl -V:installsitebin  -V:installvendorbin  -V:installbin  -V:insta
+llsitescript  -V:installvendorscript  -V:installscript
installsitebin='c:\perl\5.12.2\bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread';
installvendorbin='';
installbin='c:\perl\5.12.2\bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread';
installsitescript='c:\perl\site\5.12.2\bin';
installvendorscript='';
installscript='c:\perl\5.12.2\bin';

$ perl -V:installsitebin  -V:installvendorbin  -V:installbin  -V:insta
+llsitescript  -V:installvendorscript  -V:installscript
installsitebin='/usr/bin';
installvendorbin='/usr/bin';
installbin='/usr/bin';
installsitescript='UNKNOWN';
installvendorscript='UNKNOWN';
installscript='/usr/bin';

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Re^2: installing perl 5.12.3
by rob171171 (Acolyte) on Apr 21, 2011 at 09:51 UTC

    which bashrc should I edit?

    [root@Gandalf bin]# find / -name bashrc
/root/perl5/perlbrew/etc/bashrc
/etc/bashrc
/usr/share/doc/bash-3.2/startup-files/bashrc

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      The one in your home directory, i've seen .profile, .inputrc, .bashrc ...
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Re^2: installing perl 5.12.3
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 21, 2011 at 09:53 UTC
    Bah, that should be 
    #!/usr/bin/perl --
use strict;
use warnings;

use Config;

Main( @ARGV );
exit( 0 );

sub Main {
    my $sep = $Config{path_sep};
    my $pat = 'export PATH=%s$PATH';
    $pat = 'set PATH=%s%%PATH%%'  if $sep eq ';' ;

    printf "$pat\n", join $sep, (
        uniq(
            grep length,
            grep defined,
            map { $Config{$_} }
            qw'
            installsitebin
            installvendorbin
            installbin
            installsitescript
            installvendorscript
            installscript
            '
        ),
      ),
      '';
}
sub uniq (@) {
    my %seen = ();
    grep { not $seen{$_}++ } @_;
}
__END__

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[d/l]

      the output od the latest code is

      export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH

      I have added this line to both /root/perl5/perlbrew/ and etc/bashrc

      however im still seeing Perl 5.8.8
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[d/l]

        Guys / Gals Thank you very much for your help & patience in getting me sorted. Much appreciated

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        ok think I have managed to get perlbrew installing so I will let ye know how that goes

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        I have also added export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH to $HOME/bashrc

        but to no avail

        any further suggestions or recommendations on how this fool can mend his ways???

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