CODEWITHSUNDEEP
macosperl
user2348668
user2348668

Reputation: 768

Why does Perl still show the default version even after I installed the latest?

I followed the instructions here: http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.22.0/README.macosx

Everything ran with no problem but when I run perl -v I still get 5.16

I am using OS X Yosemite

Upvotes: 1

Views: 444

Answers (1)

user513951
user513951

Reputation: 13612

The problem is most likely that you haven't added the location of the new perl executable to your search path.

The instructions you linked to use prefix=/usr/local. Check the location of perl by typing which perl. If it doesn't say /usr/local/bin/perl, then you don't have your path set up correctly.

To fix it, add export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH" to your shell config file.

This could be .bashrc or .bash_profile or just .profile (if you're using bash).

Upvotes: 2

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