Re: basic Upgrade of Package ?

[Ayman Haidar <haidar usol com>]

Matt:

you are trying to install the source rpm not the perl package, when you
install the source you have to compile it and then install it. I
recommend installing the perl package it should look like :
perl-xxxxxxx.rpm 

and you do it the same way . 
rpm -Uvh perl-xxxxxx.rpm

Ayman


Matt Quelch wrote:
> 
> I need to upgrade perl on my lunux 5.1 server.
> If i run "rpm - q perl" i get "perl-5.004-6"
> 
> I have downloaded "perl-5_00502-2_src.rpm" this is in /usr
> 
> I have got X windows and looked at using the RPM manager in there
> but could not see any Upgrade Option.
> 
> If i run the following:
> rpm -Uvh perl-5_00502-2_src.rpm
> perl               ###################################
> 
> This returns me to a unix prompt.
> 
> After a restart "rpm -q perl" i still get the same version shown.
> 
> Basically, i would like to remove the exisiting perl and reinstall the
> later version.  Once i have this working with RPM i assume I can use
> this to upgrade all packages especially those with security
> implications.! I would like to use the Xwindows RPM manager [if
> recommended]??
> 
> many thanks
> matt
> 
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