Trying to go from 5.8.0 to 5.6.1, ActiveState installer problems...

[Sara]

ack.. OK I'm on RH8.0 with 5.8.0 installed. I would like to go to
5.6.1 as 5.8.0 is constantly locking up my sessions (running scripts
that run fine in 5.6.1).

I snagged the 5.6.1 RPM from Active State
(ActivePerl-5.6.1.635-i686-linux.rpm) and tried to install it under
root:

[root@tux install]# rpm -Uvhf ActivePerl-5.6.1.635-i686-linux.rpm
Preparing...
########################################### [100%]
1:ActivePerl
########################################### [100%]
ln: `./.TheInstallScriptWasNotRunTheInstallScriptWasNotRunTheInstallScriptWasNotRun-perl':


then I tried:

cd /
find . -name .TheInstallScriptWasNotRunTheInstallScriptWasNotRunTheInstallScriptWasNotRun

and it comes back empty.

5.6.1 actually runs, except with the -d switch I get:

Can't locate perl5db.pl in @INC


so apparently the install stopped when it found this file or link
existed.

Can anyone point me to a working 5.6.1 rpm for linux 8? I searched on
www.perl.com and pretty much found no 5.6.1 - under ports it said "not
yet available" and in the main section it appeared only 5.8.0 was
offered.

Or else does anyone know how to get the Active State install to run
properly?

Thanks.

Gx