Install Perl v5.38 using Perlbrew

how-to-install-perl-v538.txt

Install Perl v5.38 using Perlbrew

1) Download the tar ball

	$ wget https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/R/RJ/RJBS/perl-5.38.0.tar.gz

2) Copy the tar ball to correct folder

	$ cp perl-5.38.0.tar.gz ~/perl5/perlbrew/dists/
 
3) Install Perl v5.38 now

	$ perlbrew install perl-5.38.0
	
	Failed with test failures
	
4) Retried with --force

	$ perlbrew --force install perl-5.38.0
	
	Even this failed miserably with test failures.
	
5) One last attemp, like below:

	$ perlbrew --notest install perl-5.38.0
	
	Got lucky third time, finally.
	
6) Test the install

	$ ~/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.38.0/bin/perl -V:version
	version='5.38.0';
  
7) Create alias for the latest version.

  $ alias p538='~/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.38.0/bin/perl' 
  
8) Final testing the alias.

  $ p538 -V:version