Perl Upgrade in Mac

Upgrading perl :

perl -MCPAN -e shell 

cpan> install MD5 

cpan> install CPAN 

cpan> reload cpan 

cpan> q

cd /usr/local/src/ 

curl http://www.cpan.org/src/stable.tar.gz -o stable.tar.gz

 gunzip stable.tar.gz tar 

xvf stable.tar 

cd perl-5.8.0

./Configure -de 

make && make test 

make install

Note :

If in case any of the commands dont work.. just type the same command with prefix as 'sudo'

for examples.. if the first command,
perl -MCPAN -e shell
 does not work, then type it as
sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell
Installing extra perl modules :
Even after install, if some of the modules are missing in perl, YOu need to install them in mac using the cpan utility as below :
browse to the perl install location, most often this location is usr/bin/perl by default. This location can also be modified during installation.
Type in  >> ./cpan
>>install <> ..... For examples, if the module is XMP::Parser which is throwing error.. then, it would be, >> install XML::Parser
type yes. enter
again type yes. enter
     2. Now, set perl from Preferences in eclipse to the installed location. In my above case, browse to usr/bin/perl 

Now the module missing error would vanish.

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Resetting Admin password in MacMini

This method is by using the install CD.

• Restart the system with the cd for installation in the system.
• Proceed with the installation until you see a toolbar appearing on the screen along with the install wizard.
• Select "Utilities" menu from the toolbar and reset the password over there.
• Now cancel the installation. This will prompt for system restart.
• Restart on promt and login with your neww password.