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This will download an executable to your downloads directory on your machine. Once a choice is made, click on the the respective link in the pink boxes. This is the primary reason both are offered. However, 5.10.0.4 is being actively developed and worked upon while 5.8.8.4 is a static, finalized release. 5.10.0.4 is simply the most recent release of perl which has some added capability that 5.8.8.4 lacks. Each version is compatible and usable on Win32 systems. First, the user must decide whether he or she wants to use version 5.10.0.4 of perl or version 5.8.8.4 of perl. Strawberry Perl can be downloaded from its homepage here. (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)īinary build 804 provided by ActiveState Corp. This is perl, v5.8.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread To verify that Perl is installed properly go to Start->Run->type 'cmd'->at the command prompt type 'Perl -v' and press enter. Now let the installer do your bidding and be done! The other options on this page deal with your preferences on file associations. This will make it much easier to access the Perl interpreter from random places in the file system. Here yous should allow Perl to be added to the PATH variable.

Here you can decide to skip the examples or documentation if you wish. Difficulty is minimal.Ĭhoose the components you wish to install. Double-click and choose the location for your installation. One comes with an extensive IDE and some extras, but the stripped down *nix version is free. There are two versions that can be obtained. If one is studying perl from a book that discusses perl development primarily in a unix-like environment, Strawberry Perl may provide the most attractive Win32 distribution (its CPAN access system is particularly useful in this realm).įor further information regarding ActiveState Perl click here.įor further information regarding Strawberry Perl click here.ĪctivePerl from ActiveState is the definitive Perl interpreter for Win32 systems. Strawberry Perl offers a development methodology of perl that more closely resembles perl in its native development environment of unix-like systems.

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While Strawberry Perl is not as matured as ActiveState, it is well maintained and readily available for free download. Strawberry Perl is a fully open source distribution of perl for Win32 systems.

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There is an alternative to the ActiveState software however. ActiveState is a software company that has developed a proprietary release of perl which is available for free download and comes with readily available support systems. The first, and perhaps most popular, is the ActiveState distribution of perl. There are two perl projects for Win32 systems that allow implementation of perl in Win32. However, perl is readily available for installation and use on Win32 systems (that is, on systems running a Microsoft Windows OS system). Most reference literature on perl discusses working with perl in unix-like environments.

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