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Ali_IT
Ali_IT

Reputation: 8299

how can I install another version of perl on top of the default version on Centos

I'm working on Centos 6.3 and I need to install the latest version of perl. Because this is one of the dependencies of installing a package with rpm. So I installed it and I have it under a directory but the problem is that whenever I try perl -V it gives me the old version, so again when I try to install my other package with rpm command it gives me the same error of dependency!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2190

Answers (1)

Miguel Prz
Miguel Prz

Reputation: 13792

Use perlbrew, it allows you to manage multiple perl installations in your $HOME directory, completely isolated each of them.

Example:

%> sudo cpan App::perlbrew
%> perlbrew init

%> perlbrew install perl-5.16.3
%> perlbrew switch perl-5.16.3

And now you have perl 5.16.3 in your PATH:

%> perl -v
This is perl 5, version 16, subversion 3 (v5.16.3) built for ...

Upvotes: 3

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