SUMMARY: Installing Perl from Freeware CD-ROM

From: <siegelr_at_teleport.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 20:29:50 -0700

Sorry for the delay in preparing this summary. I was out of town for a few
days.

Here's the responses to my original question which was as follows:


What is the correct procedure for installing perl from the OSF/1 v3.2a
freeware CD? I'm having trouble installing it from the kits/Prebuilt
subdirectory. Using Configure or installp the procedure aborts with a "can't
open doSH" or a simialr message.

I tried it under ksh and sh with no change in results.

I'm trying to install it onto an Alphaserver 400 4/166.

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I guess the following response is as "offical" as one can get
with freeware.
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To: alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov
From: kaiser_at_acm.org
Reply-to: kaiser_at_acm.org
Subject: Installing * from the freeware CDROM
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 95 10:10:06 +0200
X-Mts: smtp

I'm the perpetrator of the Alpha freeware CDROM, and I advise anyone with
access to the Internet to use the CD nowadays as a convenient catalogue rather
than as a source of software, because most of the software on it has been
super-
seded by more recent versions. Perl is one of these. So for Perl and many
other things, I recommend seriously that you get the latest version; in the
case of Perl, I have

        Jun 22 20:42 perl5.001m.tar.gz

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Along a similar vein, the following response indicates where to get the 
latest version.
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To: siegelr_at_teleport.com
Subject: Re: Installing Perl from freeware cdrom 
In-Reply-To: <199509090245.TAA25817_at_desiree.teleport.com> 
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 95 15:06:14 -0400
From: "Paul E. Rockwell" <rockwell_at_rch.dec.com>
X-Mts: smtp
I'd get a copy of perl 5.001 from gatekeeper.dec.com - it builds fine on
Digital UNIX and is the latest and greatest.
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+---------------------------+tm		Paul E. Rockwell
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |		UNIX Sales Support Consultant
| d | i | g | i | t | a | l |		Digital Equipment Corporation
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   	500 Enterprise Drive
+---------------------------+		Rocky Hill, CT 06067
Internet: rockwell_at_rch.dec.com		Phone: (203)258-5022
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And here's another location where Perl V5 can be found...
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To: siegelr_at_teleport.com
Subject: Installing Perl from freeware cdrom
In-Reply-To: <199509090245.TAA25817_at_desiree.teleport.com>
References: <199509090245.TAA25817_at_desiree.teleport.com>
I would suggest you get the latest version of perl5 (perl5.001m) from
ftp.wpi.edu:/perl5/ and install that version.  It has many
improvements and fairly good instructions for how to install it.
John
         John F. Stoffel - john_at_wpi.edu - 508-831-5512 - FL 111F
 Workstation Specialist - Worcester Polytechnic Institute College Computer 
Ctr.
			Kill your television
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I think I will forget the CD-ROM and get the latest Perl release.
In addition to those mentioned above, I'd like to thank those who sent 
possible 
ways to get the CD-ROM version to work.  Although I feel these articles are 
too
 long to post here, if you're interested, drop me a note and I'll mail them to 
you.
Rich Siegel

Received on Sat Sep 16 1995 - 05:48:53 NZST