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Asked: 2026-05-20T23:45:11+00:00

I would like to build a version of Perl that is separate from the

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I would like to build a version of Perl that is separate from the system version.

  1. Initially in my own directory ~/perl/perl-5.12.3
  2. Eventaully I want to install it in /usr/local/perl-5.12.3

I realise that perlbrew will help with the 1. but not (as I understand it) 2. So I think I would be better building it by hand.

What option do I need to give go Configure.sh to get it to install in a particular directory – and not try and install into my own directory (and not try to install man pages into /usr/local/man/man1)

Update
Followed instruction below. This corrects the bin = /usr/local/bin but I am still getting following. Do I need to configure this separately

scriptdir = /usr/local/bin
shrpdir = /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.12.3/i686-linux/CORE
man1dir = /usr/local/man/man1
man3dir = /usr/local/man/man3
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    configure.sh -Dinstallprefix=/whereever/you/want/it/installed

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