This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Yuki Kimoto
ActivePerl is one of the Windows Perl distributions provided by ActiveState for free.
Let's download and install ActivePerl on Windows.
This article is originally Download and Installation of ActivePerl | Perl ABC
Installation of ActivePerl
Download and Install ActivePerl from the next page. The 2022 latest version is Perl 5.34.
ActivePerl download requires ActiveState membership registration.
After the registration, you see the following page.
Scroll to the bottom of the page.
Click "Create Runtime". A runtime is created.
If you click "Install" button, you see the following content.
Copy the command and paste it to Command Prompt.
Check the Installation of ActivePerl
Let's check if ActivePerl is installed.
Command Prompt
At first, you execute Command Prompt. Command Prompt is a Windows CUI tool.
The command prompt can be executed from:
"Start Menu" | "List of Apps" | "Windows System Tools" | "Command Prompt".
A black screen will appear. This is Command Prompt.
Input the following command to display the version of Perl.
perl -v
And press "Enter".
The version information of Perl is displayed.
This is perl 5, version 34, subversion 0 (v5.34.0) built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
If you can see this, the installation of ActivePerl is succeed.
Other ways to install Perl on Windows
The other ways to install Perl on Windows.
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Yuki Kimoto
Yuki Kimoto | Sciencx (2022-03-25T08:45:17+00:00) Download and Installation of ActivePerl 2022. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2022/03/25/download-and-installation-of-activeperl-2022/
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