in reply to Re^6: calling perl program from C++
in thread calling perl program from C++

No, I meant reinstalling your distro's Perl. You overwrote it with 5.15.2, which is a development release on the way towards 5.16.

In theory, you could possibly proceed with 5.15.2, but it probably has bugs.

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Re^8: calling perl program from C++
by baperl (Sexton) on Oct 01, 2011 at 23:05 UTC
    oh no, that explains it. I am working in ubuntu, so do I go through the software manager, remove all perl modules and reinstall
Re^8: calling perl program from C++
by baperl (Sexton) on Oct 01, 2011 at 23:11 UTC
    why do they release development versions to mess up people's work and time....I cannot reinstall my original version because some dependencies have been established. Does anyone know how to fix this in ubuntu

      why do they release development versions to mess up people's work and time.

      The don't release development versions to mess up people's work and time.

      Why do people override cpan when it says it won't install something because it will likely cause problems?