FreeBSD Upgrade Perl 5.8.x to 5.10.x

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Upgrading Perl on FreeBSD is a relatively straightforward process. Here are the steps to upgrade Perl 5.8.x to 5.10.x:

  1. Make sure your ports tree is up-to-date by running the following command:
    portsnap fetch update
  2. Remove the existing Perl installation:
    pkg_delete -f perl-5.8.*
  3. Install the new version of Perl from the ports collection:
    cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5.10
    make install clean
  4. Rebuild all ports that depend on Perl:
    portupgrade -fr perl
  5. If you encounter any issues during the upgrade, you can use the portupgrade command to force a rebuild of a specific port or package.

That’s it! You should now have Perl 5.10.x installed on your FreeBSD system. Note that you may need to update any scripts or applications that depend on Perl to ensure they work properly with the new version.

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