[Zeffie-Users] upgrading Perl, php, and mysql on raq-4i

[Craig Dewick]

I've compiled Perl 5.8.7 on my Raq-4i without a problem, and using the 
CPAN module it's been installed into /usr/local as per it's standard 
configuration.

I noticed that Sun's Linux setup has perl 5.0 as the default Perl offering 
and I'm wondering how I can actually go about replacing it with 5.8.7? Is 
there a way to do this without shutting down the server? Can I simply 
change the links to make /usr/bin/perl point to /usr/local/bin/perl (the 
5.8.7 front-end), and then delete the old 5.0 installation including it's 
directories?

Also, how can I change the php installation so it supports the 'gettext()' 
function? I have a few sites running on my raq-4i using phpBB and the 
gallery2 package, and those two packages need to have gettext() available 
to support proper international language support.

www.cobaltsupport.com apparently has a much more recent php and mysql 
upgrade available but I'm a bit unwilling to give them admin access to my 
server! 8-)

Regards,

Craig.

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