From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Perl and Perldoc
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 10:00:24 +0100
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Hello.

Ian wrote:
> Thanks for all the help.  I guess I'll just have to re-unzip 5.6.1 over what
> I already have and hope that gives me a starting point.

You should uninstall the old package cleanly:

    cd \path\to\djgpp
    rm -f @manifest\perl580b.mft

If you have an old Perl 5.6.1 installation, you should remove that first too:

    rm -f @manifest\perl561b.mft

Then:

    djtarx \path\to\perl561b.zip

Regards,

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Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]