[rt-users] Perl install tips on FreeBSD 4.8?

[Matt Barton]

Mike Patterson wrote:

> I'm building a FreeBSD (4.8) box that will be a RT server.
> 
> I did a minimal install and just cvsup'd all the ports.
> By default it comes with perl 5.005_03
> There is a 5.8 port (which RT 3.x needs).
> 
> Should I just:
> cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8 ; make clean ; make install
> or do I need to deinstall, upgrade, etc... the existing port?

Firstly, I would start using sysutils/portupgrade to install and upgrade 
software in the FreeBSD Ports tree.  There have been a couple articles on 
ONLamp about it.  Here's one.

	http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/4111

It makes your life much easier, but it is just a recommendation and not a 
requirement.

To answer your question, you don't run "make deinstall" to remove the base 
install of Perl in FreeBSD 4.x because it wasn't installed via Ports in the 
beginning.

You simply need to run "make clean install" in the lang/perl5.8 directory 
and then use the "use.perl" script (which is installed with the Port) to 
adjust which version of Perl the system recognizes.

Also, RT3 is available via FreeBSD Ports at www/rt3; however, I have not 
tried it.  I installed RT3 prior to the Port being made available, so I 
haven't had the chance to mess with it.

	http://www.freshports.org/www/rt3/

Good luck.

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