I lost my 'perl' file. Where can I get it?

[Francesco Moi]

Hello.

Due to an error, I deleted my '/usr/bin/perl' file.

It was build with 'perl-5.8.0-88.i386.rpm'.

How can I get it?

 

[David Dorward]

Due to an error, I deleted my '/usr/bin/perl' file.
It was build with 'perl-5.8.0-88.i386.rpm'.
How can I get it?

Reinstalling the same RPM file would seem to be the most logical course of
action.

 

[Simon Andrews]

Reinstalling the same RPM file would seem to be the most logical course of
action.

Since your RPM database still thinks that the original rpm is installed
you may find a normal "rpm -i" won't work (you'll get a message saying
it's already installed). In this case, try something like:

rpm -i --replacepkgs perl-5.8.0-88.i386.rpm

...to force it to reinstall your perl executable.

Cheers

Simon.