Re: Re: How-to install POSIX.pm

[LeeC79]

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[davorg]

Ok, the problem is not the age of your Perl version (we established yesterday that 5.004_02 should include POSIX.pm) it's the fact that someone decided to to cripple your installation when it was installed. That's a dangerous game. Once you start messing with a Perl installation all sorts of things can go wrong. That's why I'd urge you to fix the problem by reinstalling Perl from scratch.

You say that updating the version of Perl is not an option for you. I'd say that using software that is six years old should be even less of an option. I believe that if you check bugtraq then you'll find security advisories against that version of Perl. That should help persuade whoever needs to make the decision that you really should upgrade as soon as possible.

Having said all of that, the POSIX installation kit for your version of POSIX is here you can download it and use the standard Perl module installation procedures to install.

But please only use that as a last resort. Please try to install a more recent (and more complete) version of Perl first.

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[bart]

You have a crippled installation. Get the admins to reinstall Perl, and now leave it intact. Disk space is cheap nowadays. It may be the same version as they used before, for all I care.

Or, you can install another version of Perl at another location. Using the shebang line in your script you can use that for your script, and leave the old installation as it is: an almost useless pile of junk.

p.s. Hmm... people are suggesting that your "Business Server" is using Windows. I didn't know Activestate even had a version of perl5.004... Anyway, shebang lines likely won't work on Windows. Hmm... In that case, associate a different file extension, like ".pl2", with your new installation of perl, and use that extension for your scripts.

p.p.s. See how useless perl5.004 has become: "The DBI no longer supports Perl <= 5.004"

[BrowserUk]

Do you know what CPAN is?

If not, read the documentation that came with your version of perl and learn. Just incase the documentation was also stripped out during installation, then follow this link.

Then you could follow this link to locate a proper copy of POSIX.

You might like to find the person that installed perl on your Business server and get him to explain what he did to you -- and then sack him!

As for the rest of your comments...Good luck!

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[castaway]

The problem is more that you're not telling us how to help you. Which perl version do you have, which system is it running on? (Business Server sounds like Windows NT?). I suspect if you really want to DIY, you're going to have to get the source for perl itself, or the POSIX module (see POSIX), and then compile it. You'll need a working C++ compiler for that.

You're still better off installing a complete perl, if that's at all possible. ActiveState has nice pre-packaged ones for Windows.

C.