Compiling Your Own Perl
If you want to go all-out and install the
latest version of Perl along with all your favorite modules, you can
compile and
install a separate build in /usr/local and not
worry about interfering with the one that came with Mac OS X:
rm -f config.sh Policy.sh sh Configure -de make make test make install
By default, Perl installs itself under
/usr/local with a directory layout that matches
other Unix systems. If you specify a prefix of
/usr to Configure (sh Configure -de -Dprefix=/usr), it switches to the Mac OS X-style directory
layout, putting modules in /System/Library/Perl
and /Library/Perl (you can look at the output of
perl
-V
for complete configuration details).
Using a prefix of /usr on a production system is
not recommended, since it will probably interfere with the operating
system’s idea of where Perl should be and how it
should behave.
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