On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Octavian Rasnita <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Perl can be installed easy even by non-root users, so it doesn't show > anywhere as a dependency. > > I don't see why a company won't accept a user to install Perl somewhere > under > > /home/user_name/my_programs/perl > From the time I've used Perl on *nix, I've been installing my own copy, usually owned by oracle, sometimes by root. IAC the only thing dependent on it is the stuff I write. If necessary, the system perl, or oracle's perl can be used. Really, it's not known as the 'Swiss Army Chainsaw' for nothing. (not a chainsaw, but still appropriate) http://www.campist.com/archives/wenger-giant-swiss-army-knife.html <http://www.campist.com/archives/wenger-giant-swiss-army-knife.html> Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com