perl for hpux 11i

[Jamal Asi]

I want to install perl 5.005_3 or a more recent version on HPUX 11i. I only see perl for HPUX 11.00. Is that compatible? If not, where can I get perl for HPUX 11.11?

[A. Clay Stephenson]

The 11.0 version works just fine.

[James A. Donovan]

It should be compatible. Probably the best source for pre-compiled perl is here:

http://www.cmve.net/~merijn

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

You really want to get at least 5.6.0 although 5.8.3 is available.

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Languages/perl-5.8.3/

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

All depends on what you want to do with it.

Need Unicode: 5.8.3
Need nothing but speed: 5.6.2

5.8.3 has the most bugs fixed, and is the latest stable release

You *need* a version compiled on and for 11i if you have the intend to extend it with XS modules that are not yet in the distribution. On HP-UX you also need the same compiler that perl was built with to do so.

On my site, I have a whole bunch of perl binary distributions for 10.20, 11.00, and 11i. Be sure to pick the right one. For example, the 32bit perl for 11i will NOT communicate with 64bit Oracle.

All my ports include the most recent build of DBI at the time of the distribution, and almost all builds also include Perl/Tk

The compiler for all builds available there is GNU gcc, which is also available there. GNU gcc is one of the few Open Source packages for which you *need* to have the correct target system. Most 11.00 builds will not (correctly) run on 11i.

My HP ITRC site pages can be found at

Singapore https://www.beepz.com/personal/merijn/
Rotterdam http://www.cmve.net/~merijn/
Seattle http://ww.hpux.ws/merijn/

They also include installation instructions

Enjoy, have FUN! H.Merijn

[Jamal Asi]

Hi Procura,
I need perl because it is a prerequisite for
installing opatch to install an oracle 9i bug
fix. Which one should I use? You have several of them under 11i 64 bits.

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

64bit? Then go for 5.8.3. There have been a LOT of 64bit issues resolved between 5.6.x and 5.8.3

perl-5.8.3-dor-gcc-3.3.2-11.11-elf64-ora.tbz id the one you need, from the lower right square in the download tale, indicated by "perl 5.8.3 + defined-or prepared for Oracle + DBI 1.40 + Tk 804.025_b14 built with gcc-3.3.2"

This does NOT /include/ DBD::Oracle. You will have to build that yourself, so you also need gcc-3.3.2 or gcc-3.3.3 from the same column, and DBD-Oracle-1.15 from CPAN (ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/modules/by-module/DBD/DBD-Oracle-1.15.tar.gz)

Don't forget to assign points.

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

[Joseph Loo]

hi,

why don't you go to this hp software depot site?

https://payment.ecommerce.hp.com/portal/swdepot/try.do?productNumber=PERL

select HP-UX 11i PA-RISC version 5.6.1.

this version comes pre-installed when you install HP-UX 11i unless you have opted not to install then.

by the way, I am using this perl version in the server running oracle database 9i without any issue when applying opatch.

regards.

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

Jozeph, then at least go here: http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=PERL
Otherwise you get an error. the "Receive for Free" button get you to the link you passed

There is is no statement here as to whether this is the 32bit, the 64bit build, or both. My ports are seperated.

Though this is the software you get from the software CD's, it's usually a bit older than the /other/ public HP software depot, that is a lot more clear in what the SW depots contain: http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Languages/perl-5.8.3/

BTW try to find "lsof" here . You won't, it written as "losf" :) :)

Enjoy, H.Merijn

[John Flanagan]

software.hp.com

it comes in depot format and is the easiest to install.

John.