Well, Some progress, But No Cigar! Thanks for the help Dave & Ian. I've installed 5.8.0 and it Kinda works!
Seems it can't find the core of Perl library (which I do have installed!)
I'm using:
SET PERL_SH_DIR=C:/Perl/bin
set PERLLIB_PREFIX=L:/Perl/lib; C:/Perl/lib;
here is tetperl.cmd
This is perl, v5.8.0 built for os2_emx
Copyright 1987-2002, Larry Wall
OS/2 port Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, Raymond Chen, Kai Uwe Rommel
Version 5 port Copyright (c) 1994-2002, Andreas Kaiser, Ilya Zakharevich
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.com/, the Perl Home Page.
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We checked that Perl can be loaded. Apparently, your PATH and LIBPATH
are set to reasonable values. From now on the tests are coded in Perl.
Press <ENTER>:
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The next step is to check that you installed shell in a location perl can
find, so that you can start external programs.
I could find your shell, its version is '@(#)PD KSH v5.2.7 96/06/04'
Press <ENTER>:
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Ouph, the most frequent problem is behind... Now testing Perl library search.
Cannot find the core of Perl library. If you have it installed:
Consider getting help via
view perl PERLLIB_PREFIX
or in whatever way you like the Perl documentation accessed, say, via
perldoc perlos2
man, acrobat, netscape, lynx, GNU info, TeX, reading REAME.os2, reading
POD files, and so on.
Skipping further tests now...
Tests finished. Press <ENTER>:
Thanks for any additional ideas, klipp