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<node id="1008227" title="Failure, need help : i tried to update Strawberry Perl naively, and broke it" created="2012-12-11 02:42:53" updated="2012-12-11 02:42:53">
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perlquestion</type>
<author id="946673">
mascip</author>
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&lt;p&gt;Hi all, i did something stupid yesterday : i tried to update Strawberry Perl without switching my brain on. &lt;br&gt;
I downloaded the latest version of Strawberry Perl, clicked "Install", and guessed : "Either it's going to work, or it's going to tell me in advance that it's not going to work". &lt;br&gt;
Well, guess what, it didn't give me any warning, seemed to install properly, and now nothing works anymore. &lt;br&gt;
* EDIT : i was wrong, 
&lt;code&gt;
perl -e "print 'Hello'"
&lt;/code&gt; 
works properly. But 
&lt;code&gt;
perl -e "use Data::Alias; print 'Hello'"
&lt;/code&gt;
crashes.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Whether i try to call 
&lt;code&gt;
&gt;cpan
&lt;/code&gt;
or any of my scripts, a window opens and tells me : "perl.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry for the inconvenience."
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
What can i do now to fix it all ?
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
I'm on Windows XP. My previous version of Perl was v5.12.3, and the one i tried to install is v5.16.2 (which is what is now indicated when i do "perl -v").
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
I guess i should have used something like [mod://perlbrew] to avoid this problem.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Thank you for any help !
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