[Techtalk] perl error: object version does not match bootstrap parameter

[Mandi]

> 
> From what documentation I've found online of similar problems, it 
> seems like the most likely cause would be that perl is using modules 
> from a different perl installation located on the same computer.
> On this computer, there was another version of perl installed (5.005), 
> but even after removing the files assocated with that installation and 
> reinstalling 5.6.1, the error still occurs.

You probably need to completely delete the /usr/lib/perl5 directory tree 
to get rid of all the perl files, then reinstall the perl rpm from the 
distribution.  Have the rpm ready; you never know what isn't going to work 
right without perl around.  :)  

Did you need 5.005 for something specific that it was installed?  Red Hat 
did 5.00503 for 6.2, everything since then has been 5.6+.

HTH

--mandi