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Upgrading to Perl 5.8.7


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Subject: Upgrading to Perl 5.8.7  Posted: Sun August 07, 2005

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I've downloaded the source code for Perl 5.8.7 for Linux.

What's the easiest way to upgrade my Web Server to this release?
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Subject: Upgrading Web Server perl  Posted: Wed February 14, 2007

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You shouldn't have to manually upgrade unless you want to. The easiest way is to do the following:
1) You'll need to login with an account with sudo privileges, unless your su
2) Type in up2date perl --dry-run (this will see if there are available updates, check dependencies, and list them for you if any are found)
3) Type in up2date perl

And you're done.
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