Perl Installation

[root@rhel5 ~]# rpm -qa | grep perl
perl-5.8.8-41.el5
perl-DBI-1.52-2.el5
perl-DBD-Pg-1.49-4.el5_8
[root@rhel5 ~]#
[root@rhel5 ~]#
[root@rhel5 ~]#
[root@rhel5 ~]#
[root@rhel5 ~]# perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.9 built for i386-thread-multi

Copyright 1987-2008, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.


I recently installed perl by compiling the source file and is located under the following directory.

[root@rhel5 ~]# cd /usr/local/src/
[root@rhel5 src]# ls
perl-5.8.9  perl-5.8.9.tar  

Actually I created a symbolic link as below for two. one is perl binary and another one is for lib directory.   is that the right way to do?

ln -s /usr/local/perl-5.8.9/bin/perl /usr/bin/perl

ln -s /usr/local/perl-5.8.9/lib /usr/lib/perl5

I need to install some perl module now. Si i went and check what is installed already. I am getting this issue.

[root@rhel5 src]# instmodsh
Available commands are:
   l            - List all installed modules
   m <module>   - Select a module
   q            - Quit the program
cmd? l
Installed modules are:
   Perl
cmd? m perl
Available commands are:
   f [all|prog|doc]   - List installed files of a given type
   d [all|prog|doc]   - List the directories used by a module
   v                  - Validate the .packlist - check for missing files
   t <tarfile>        - Create a tar archive of the module
   h                  - Display module help
   q                  - Quit the module
perl cmd? f
perl is not installed at /usr/bin/instmodsh line 84
perl cmd?