can't get old perl installed

[Anne Ramey]

Dave Cross wrote:
> On 2/10/06, Anne Ramey <anner at blast.com> 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
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> Dave...
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