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How do I install and run Perl scripts under Windows 2000 ?

Feb 2nd, 2004 00:39
jsWalter, Ronald Jonker,

Are you asking for client-side browser based perlscript scripts?
Or are you asking for "normal" perl scripts, not via browser but via 
command line?
Either way, the answer is www.activestate.com.
These guys maintain the perl for Win32.
http://www.activestate.com/download/ActivePerl/Windows/5.6/ActivePerl-
5.6.0.618-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread.msi
This is the link to thier site that will download the installation 
binary. This is 8.7 MB in size.
Once yoyu have this binary, you can install it anywhere on your system, 
it self configures wonderfully. I'm running now on my 2k system.
I placed perl...  D:\usr\bin\perl
This path matches my Linux box. This way I can develop my scripts on my 
local machine, test them with my local APache server, fix them and then 
FTP them to the server and know that they will run without any changes. 
Right down to the shebang line!
Hope this helps.
jsWalter
PS: As a followup, I've completed a small outline on how I installed
    Perl, Apache, PHP and mySQL on my WinTel box to match my Linux
    box setup.
    http://torres.ws/dev/php/