Installting Perl 5.20 on RHEL 7.3
Hello fellows,
I need to install Koha, a library management system, over RHEL 7.3 and Koha requires Perl v5.20.
Is there a way to install a specific version of Perl other that the default one server-wide ?
Thanks !
Eric
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Guru
6653 points
Eric,
You will need to use 'Red Hat Software Collections' to support a version of Perl that new. Looking at the Collections release notes, Collections 2.3+ should provide the version of perl you need.
You can get started with documentation to configure it here:
Guru
6653 points
Red Hat will update major versions and major releases of RHEL. In rare cases they will do a 'rebase' at a minor RHEL release, but this is less likely for core components. This is a feature not a bug of RHEL as it provides a standard platform for enterprises to develop applications against for an extended period of time (one of the primary reasons enterprises pay for Red Hat support).
Red Hat Software Collections were introduced to provide capabilities and development libraries at a different cadence to the core applications as there was a demand for this (primarily from developers it seems), especially in later stages of major releases. The primary difference with RHSC versions is that they have shorter support lifecycles.
Red Hat
Guru
2039 points
Software Collections now support both Perl 5.20 and 5.24: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Software_Collections/2/html-single/2.4_Release_Notes/index.html
Since community versions tend to update very often, our process/policy for adding new versions is to wait for stable versions that we can support.
You can learn more about Red Hat Software Collections via our developer program at https://developers.redhat.com/products/softwarecollections/overview/