Re: reinstall perl

On May 26, 2:59 pm, [email protected] (William) wrote:
> Hello, I have perl interpreter install using sypnatic package manager, now I want to reinstall perl from the source code with different configuration setting. Should I remove the perl first from the sypnatic package ? when I try to to so they are a lot of package that depend on perl, it seems unwise. So I just resinstall from source directly,
>
> ./Configure -doptimize='-g'
> make
> Making x2p stuff
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/william/p/perl-5.8.8/x2p'
> You haven't done a "make depend" yet!
> make[1]: *** [hash.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/william/p/perl-5.8.8/x2p'
> make: *** [translators] Error 2
>
> When I run
> make depend
>
> sh ./makedepend MAKE=make
> ./makedepend: Already running, exiting.
> test -s perlmain.c && touch perlmain.c
> cd x2p; make depend
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/william/p/perl-5.8.8/x2p'
> sh ../makedepend MAKE=make
> ../makedepend: Already running, exiting.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/william/p/perl-5.8.8/x2p'
>
> Platform:
> Linux william-pc 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> How to solve this ? Thanks
>
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building perl by hand will be a pain I usually use cpan module for
automatic building
If you havent used cpan before read documentation for CPAN.pm

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