Dave Cross wrote:
On 2/10/06, Anne Ramey <anner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm trying to install perl 5.6.1 on FC3 (64 bit) becuase I have a
program one of the sites uses (gd chart) that will not build on any
newer perl. I've downloaded the rpm, but I get this:
rpm -ivh perl-5.6.1-36.1.73.i386.rpm
warning: perl-5.6.1-36.1.73.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID
db42a60e
error: Failed dependencies:
perl-CPAN is needed by perl-5.6.1-36.1.73.i386
perl-CGI is needed by perl-5.6.1-36.1.73.i386
perl-DB_File is needed by perl-5.6.1-36.1.73.i386
perl-NDBM_File is needed by perl-5.6.1-36.1.73.i386
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I have cpan, etc installed for the current versions of perl. I'm unsure
how I can get the old versions without mucking up my 5.8.5 install.
Pointers? Does anyone else have gd-chart running on FC3?
Yeah. Perl is pretty heavily tied in to FC, downgrading is always
going to be a pain. Your best bet would be to contact the developers
of gd-chart and ask them to fix the problems that prevent it from
running on a modern Perl.
I tried, but he never responded. I'd guess that's not a valid email any
more. The page is old. If he's out there, could you please contact me?
Alternatively, you could download the 5.6.1 Perl source (from CPAN)
and build it yourself and call the binary perl561 or something like
that.
fun... thanks.
Anne
Dave...
