How do you install Perl?

Question

I try using the Active State package, but whenever I open the .zip package, I can't open the installer.bat file. Am I doing something wrong (I don't want to directly download source coad from perl.com)

Thanks!

Answer 1

apt-get install perl



oh! You mean "How do you install perl ON WINDOWS?" Hmm. Well, try the following:



1) Follow the instructions in the Active State Perl package or from their website



If you can't get that to work, then



2) Install a Linux distro. The all come with Perl.

Answer 2

If you are using Windows, try the .msi file instead.

the install.bat file uses perl to make some file associationsand set some environment variables.

unzip the .zip package into a directory named Perl. use the create subdirectorys option.

This should leave you with 6 subdirectories:

bin, docs, eg, html, lib, and site.



use a text editor to make a file with the extension ".pl", right click and associate it with /Perl/bin/wperl.exe

Answer 3

@spungoguy: the ported version of perl isn't that bad though,



well, ehm, how do you install perl on Windows, Go to active State, en download the binary instead of the .zip file.. and just open the msi installer ;)



good luck