updater doesn't find perl?

[yunhunch]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to run the updater, and I get the following error:
----- begin of output -----
Installing /PSA_7.5.4/Standard/psa_hotfix6_v7.5.4_build75060123.10_os_FreeBSD_5.3_i386.sh
bsdtar 1.01.011, libarchive 1.01.013
Use gtar
/usr/bin/gtar

Installation of this Plesk distribution requires that Perl 5.008007 version be installed on the server!

However, if I check the perl version on the server, it shows that perl5.8.7 is already installed:
hostname:/tmp>perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.7 built for i386-freebsd-64int
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2005, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.

Which Perl does the Plesk look for? How can I make sure it looks for the right binary?

Thank you in advance!

Yung

 

[wagnerch]

I don't know much about Plesk and FreeBSD, but was Perl built manually and installed or what it installed using pkg_add?

Plesk on Linux uses rpm to identify packages installed, it may be using the pkg_* tools to do the same on FreeBSD. If it was built manually without using the ports collection then that may be your issue. Run pkg_info and see if you can poke around for the perl installation.

 

[yunhunch]

Hi Wagner,

Thanks for the help. Actually, when I issue a pkg_info -a, I see:

Information for perl-5.8.7:

Comment:
Practical Extraction and Report Language


Required by:
...


Description:
Perl is a language that combines some of the features of C, sed, awk and
shell. See the manual page for more hype. There are also many books
published by O'Reilly & Assoc. See pod/perlbook.pod for more
information.

WWW: http://www.perl.org/

- MarkM

So it looks to be installed on the pkg_* database. Is there anything else I can look at?

Thanks!

Yung

 

[wagnerch]

It was more or less a wild guess, only thing I can suggest is to sit tight and hopefully someone with FreeBSD/Plesk expertise will step in and have an idea.

 

[yunhunch]

Thanks wagner, I appreciated it. Anybody else wants to give it a shot?

Thanks in advance!