Re: Installing perl using dpkg

You can try some steps:

first manipulate your PATH to not contain the custom perl

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin/:/usr/sbin
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then try again.

Second, if aptitude doesn't work, use dpkg directly. Dowload the perl and perl-modules .deb packages directly from your mirror, and install them each with dpkg -i $package_filename

If you get it fixed, remember not to touch your system perl at all - use App::perlbrew instead.

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Re^2: Installing perl using dpkg by megnetz (Novice) on Jul 05, 2011 at 09:39 UTC
Thanks! Changing my PATH didn't help. Can you direct me to instructions for downloading perl directly from my mirror it would be much appreciated.	[reply]
Re^3: Installing perl using dpkg by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 05, 2011 at 09:44 UTC
This is purely a Debian OS issue and not at all related to Perl. Go to http://packages.debian.org, find the packages and download/install them.	[reply]
Re^4: Installing perl using dpkg by megnetz (Novice) on Jul 05, 2011 at 10:15 UTC
Thanks! I'm sorry if this is out of topic for this forum, I write here because it's the best forum out there. Anyway, when installing perl .deb packages, I can install `perl-base` but `perl` says it's dependant on `perl-modules` and `perl-modules` says it's dependant on `perl`. How to get around this?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Installing perl using dpkg by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 05, 2011 at 10:17 UTC
Re^6: Installing perl using dpkg by megnetz (Novice) on Jul 05, 2011 at 11:21 UTC
Re^5: Installing perl using dpkg by moritz (Cardinal) on Jul 05, 2011 at 10:17 UTC