Answers to Installation Questions
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- How do I unzip Perl ?
- How do i install Perl ... ?
- Which registry entries are set up... ?
- Where else can I get it ... ?
How do I unzip Perl ... ?
Well first you have to get it!!
Best place to look is the ActiveState site www.activeState.com.
There's a pointer to the current build straight from the homepage itself.
There are three components available now.
- Perl.exe ,what you would use to run scripts on the command line and most webservers.
- PerlIs. This is for Internet Information Server Personal Web server or Peer web server.
- PerlScript. This is a scripting language like Javascript or Vbscript.It can be run on Microsoft servers(Including IIS),browsers(IE 3.02+) and the Windows Scripting Host.
I have little experience with this beast so you could check here
How do I install perl ... ?
For Build 300 and above . I'd suggest everyone using older versions to move up .
Now perl comes in a self extracting archive and the install script is spawned and runs to
completion perfectly.
Build 500 and above has an installshield wizard to do the install for you.Ain't that neat !
Which registry entries are set up ... ?
From build 500 onwards NONE.
This is because registry keys are windows specific.Perl 500 and above is Totally Cross Platform.
What this means is that as long as you use pure perl you can
port your perl scripts without any effort.
This also means if you've used the system command you are in BIG trouble !!
Where else can I get it ... ?
Be warned there are no other official sites
CPAN has archives of win32 ports.
Most, but not all, of the modules can be found within CPAN, the
Comprehensive Perl Archive Network of mirrored FTP sites.
Copyright © Robin S. Chatterjee. All rights reserved.
Updated on 7th October 1998
