Need an older version of Perl on Debian for WebCT

[Johann Spies <jspies@sun.ac.za>]

We are trying to use WebCT on a Debian server. The present production
server is on a Redhat 7.3 server.  WebCT officially "supports" only
RH.

The problem is that (we are trying out sarge now) the perl version
(5.8.3) cannot open the Berkeley database files of WebCT 3.8.  I
suspect it needs perl 5.005 which is what is installed on the RH
server at the moment.  Is there a way to have both perl 5.8.3 and
5.005 on the same machine?

My experience of CPAN is limited. I am not quite sure whether using
CPAN to install 5.005 in /usr/local will interfere with other perl
stuff on the machine outside webct?

I would appreciate some guidance about this.

Regards
Johann.
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Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch

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