newest perl version

[Holger Kleber_2]

Hello,

I have a question about the newest perl version. I have installed the depot for the newest perl, perl 5.8. When I make a perl -version i get the output 5.005_02.
But for a oracle patch installation i need perl version 5.005_03 or higher. Where is the mistake?
Are there any tasks i have to do after the perl installation?

holger

[Stefan Farrelly]

Did you download it from here? take a look;

https://www.beepz.com/personal/merijn/

[Charles G.]

Hello,

Seems to be a PATH problem,

Check which perl installation you get with which perl, as the perl -v will use the first perl find in the PATH variable.

You can have to update your PATH to put the perl 8 installation directory first.

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

It depends on where you got it. Some install in /opt/perl, some in /usr/local. Whatever you did, do

# which perl

to find which perl version your shell picks up from your $PATH, and remove that path from your PATH, or make sure that the new path to perl is in front of that part.

Then read (and read again) README.hpux in the DBD-Oracle distribution, and chack with 'perl -V' (that's a capital V) if the two needed libs are indeed included in that build. If not, either grab one of my ports from https://www.beepz.com/personal/merijn/ or http://www.cmve.net/~merijn/, or rebuild from scratch yourself.

I'm currently preparing the upcoming 5.8.1 port for HP-UX 11.11, but I will wait with the release until 5.8.1 has officially been released.

Enjoy, have FUN! H.Merijn