Re: Multiple Perl Version on the same server

In article <[email protected]>, Michael Barto
<[email protected]> wrote:


> over (e.g. /usr/new/perl). Their concern is there is only one MySQL 
> program, but the Perl libraries to access it would be  different. 

There are already multiples ways to access a database server.

> Second, they think installing a later version of Perl in a different 
> location would overwrite the current library. I am not really clear how 
> Perl locates its install Libraries,

It asks you at configure time where you want to put them.

I put all my perls in /usr/local/perls, each with their completely
separate trees of modules, executables, and so on. I leave alone
Apple's perl and link /usr/local/bin/perl to the one I want to use most
of the time. I make other links to particular versions, such as
/usr/local/bin/perl5.10.0.

I have to install modules multiple times, but that is no big deal. I
start cpan(1) with the right perl and it finds the right CPAN/Config.pm
and installs them in the right place:

   $ perl5.10.0 cpan ...