#Activestate activeperl install
Install the MinGW compiler used by ActiveState so that you can compile your own modules with cpan.There are many precompiled vendor packages. It's a POSIX environment for Windows and has Perl and all the compilers. Here are your options in my order of preference. The latest I've heard from ActiveState is that they're bringing back PPM in a new form. My solution was to use an older version that still had PPM and the MinGW compiler which lets cpan "just work". If you do try, I’d love to hear what you think! If you’ve got comments or questions, you can share them at: If you want more details, there’s an overview page at and everything gets taken off without leaving a mess. and if you don’t like it, just run: state clean uninstall (Note: Starting with Perl 5.32, state installs single packages rather than rebuilding your entire environment).īy default, it’s set up in a virtual environment and won’t mess with your system install of Perl or its dependencies. On Windows, from Cmd, run: powershell -Command “& $(::Create((New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString(’'))) -activate-default ActiveState/Perl-5.32”įrom there you can add packages as you like from the command line with state install DateTime (or install a bunch from a cpanfile with state import cpanfile).
On Linux, in a terminal, run: sh <(curl -q ) -activate-default ActiveState/Perl-5.32 It’s a one-liner in the Linux terminal or Windows Command Prompt to set up the command-line interface and install Perl 5.32 all in one go. You don’t need an account and everything is open source. (Full disclosure – I work for ActiveState.) What does the Perl community think about this, and what do you recommend? Am I misinterpreting the State Tool and how it works? Are you sticking with ActiveState, moving to Strawberry Perl, or something suggestions are sensible, but I also suggest trying Perl 5.32 from the ActiveState Platform.
#Activestate activeperl free
Is it a step toward controlling the user base, and eventually turning a free Perl into the "Perl of great price"? My understanding is Perl users are supposed to go back to Activestate and have them build a custom installer that bundles desired modules, and then re-install Perl with every change. That seems like a pretty big deal - like installing the latest Ubuntu and discovering apt-get has been eliminated. Later I need to add some modules, and discovered that PPM has been deprecated and removed. I did that, and didn't think much about it at the time. In 2020, I noticed Activestate was forcing logging in with an account before downloading.
#Activestate activeperl upgrade
Whenever I build or upgrade a machine, I get the latest Perl version. With occasional use, I've never become a real Perl expert, but I succeed with the great help I receive in this forum.
I write or modify Perl scripts a few times a year when Perl is the right tool. I'm an occasional Perl developer on Windows and Linux.
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