File from package perl 5.8 8 10 el5_0

If you can install Perl 5. It's always better to install things so that your package manager is aware of their existence rather than to go ahead and install something behind its back.

If all you can get is Perl 5. That should get you the source code to the most recent version of Perl, which is currently 5.

Download it, extract it somewhere, and open up a terminal. Make and Install This is the procedure I used to compile Perl. My system already had all the dependencies installed, so I can't give you a clear list of all the packages you'll need to be able to compile Perl. Also testing times vary a lot. Fifteen minutes to half an hour is quite normal, but a slow system may easily take an hour or more.

As always, you should conduct an appropriate level of testing before using any new product in your production environment.

According to the release numbering scheme started in 5. The first maintenance release of Perl 5. The release of Perl 5. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1. Code: Select all yum install -y perl-Scalar-List-Utils Re: perl can't find all modules after upgrade to 5.

Since rmpforge has not been updating its packages, you may have better luck removing rpmforge packages and installing replacements from epel if possible. Just to clarify before I make a bigger mess , the perl modules in the installed list that all end with ". If so, I should use this list of perl modules ending in ". Then only enable rmpforge at the yum command line when you absolutely need something from rpmforge. Epel and nux-dextop are much more reliable. Also, you should install and configure priorities when using foreign repos.

The removed packages included some dependent packages that were no longer needed. Total list was about 90 packages.