[CentOS] Perl on CentOS 6 and CentOS 7

[Boris Epstein]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 12:47 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote:

> On 3/14/2016 9:35 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
>
>> But packages aside, as Linux is UNIX-like system, you can always install
>> it UNIX way: download tarball from perl site, compile and install it. You
>> will have to do your own work maintaining it whenever updates are
>> necessary.
>>
>
> just don't replace the stuff in the system directories.   build your
> custom perl to live in /usr/local or /opt or something.
>
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> john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
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Thanks, sure, all of the above makes sense. My question was primarily aimed
at those who have at least tried to run Perl 6 on CentOS and actually have
some practical experience to report.

Cheers,

Boris.