Perl on Windows

am 21.01.2005 20:43:23 von Adam Smith

Hello,

Could anyone advise on HOW TO set up and run Perl scripts on windows,
and is it possible to run them as "standalones" without a server / browser

Thanks

-- Adam --

Re: Perl on Windows

am 21.01.2005 20:56:30 von 1usa

Adam Smith wrote in
news:8cudnR-XYvkdx2zcRVn-gA@speakeasy.net:

> Could anyone advise on HOW TO set up and run Perl scripts on windows,

My preferred distribution is ActiveState's ActivePerl. You can download
the latest version from:

http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/

> and is it possible to run them as "standalones" without a server /
> browser

Yes. The installation will ask to set up file associations for you. If you
also add the extension you will be using for your scripts, such as .pl or
..plx to the PATHEXT variable, you can run scripts in your path without
typing their extensions.

If you are not going to do any CGI programming, you will not need to set
up a web server. However, if there is even the remotest possibility, you
can get the Windows version of Apache from http://httpd.apache.org/.

Sinan.

Re: Perl on Windows

am 21.01.2005 20:56:30 von 1usa

Re: Perl on Windows

am 21.01.2005 20:59:04 von Sherm Pendley

Adam Smith wrote:

> Could anyone advise on HOW TO set up and run Perl scripts on windows,

> and is it possible to run them as "standalones" without a server / browser

For help on getting started with Perl, have a look at:

If you haven't done so already, please read the posting guidelines that
appear here twice a week. Lots of pointers and tips there.

sherm--

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Re: Perl on Windows

am 21.01.2005 20:59:04 von Sherm Pendley

Re: Perl on Windows

am 21.01.2005 21:06:22 von binnyva

Dear Adam,

I have wrote a tutorial on Perl - the first page deals with the issue
at hand.
Check out the first page of the tutorial at
http://www.geocities.com/binnyva/code/perl/tutorial/index.ht ml
Binny.
http://www.geocities.com/binnyva/code

Re: Perl on Windows

am 21.01.2005 21:16:27 von 1usa

binnyva@hotmail.com wrote in news:1106337982.929119.253740
@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

> I have wrote a tutorial on Perl - the first page deals with the issue
> at hand.
> Check out the first page of the tutorial at
> http://www.geocities.com/binnyva/code/perl/tutorial/index.ht ml
> Binny.
> http://www.geocities.com/binnyva/code

I didn't look at your code again, but have you addressed the issues
already discussed in the thread from December 1, 2004:

http://tinyurl.com/3l2t2

Sinan.

Re: Perl on Windows

am 21.01.2005 21:40:02 von Sherm Pendley

A. Sinan Unur wrote:

> I didn't look at your code again, but have you addressed the issues
> already discussed in the thread from December 1, 2004:

I did. He hasn't. Adam - don't bother with this one. There are links to
*good* tutorials and other stuff on:

sherm--

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Re: Perl on Windows

am 22.01.2005 04:53:30 von jurgenex

Adam Smith wrote:
> Could anyone advise on HOW TO set up

No idea how you would set up a script.

> and run Perl scripts on windows,

Just install a Perl interpreter. The most common an convenient version is
probably ActivePerl from ActiveState
(http://activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/)

> and is it possible to run them as "standalones" without a server /
> browser

Aehmmm, "standalone" _is_ the normal way to run a Perl program.

jue

Re: Perl on Windows

am 22.01.2005 04:53:30 von jurgenex

Re: Perl on Windows

am 22.01.2005 08:06:44 von webmaster

In message <8cudnR-XYvkdx2zcRVn-gA@speakeasy.net>
Adam Smith wrote:

> Could anyone advise on HOW TO set up and run Perl scripts on windows,
> and is it possible to run them as "standalones" without a server / browser

I'm very much a newbie to Perl and I've found Optiperl is fine - a slight
fiddle to set up, but it appears to work well. I got it off a magazine cover
CD, it may be available for free download somewhere.

Ken Down

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Re: Perl on Windows

am 22.01.2005 08:06:44 von webmaster

Re: Perl on Windows

am 22.01.2005 14:30:09 von jrbtech

Bah.
Go here, its free and works very well. I wrote a review on it for you today.
I think many people will ask the same question.....Active Perl isnt free.

http://www.jrbtech.com/index.php/codecenter/2005/01/22/indig operl_run_perl_on_windows_for_free

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"Adam Smith" wrote in message
news:8cudnR-XYvkdx2zcRVn-gA@speakeasy.net...
> Hello,
>
> Could anyone advise on HOW TO set up and run Perl scripts on windows, and
> is it possible to run them as "standalones" without a server / browser
>
> Thanks
>
> -- Adam --

Re: Perl on Windows

am 22.01.2005 14:30:09 von jrbtech

Re: Perl on Windows

am 22.01.2005 14:46:55 von 1usa

"JRBTech" wrote in
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[ You top-posted and put the text of the message below the signature
separator. Good newsreaders get rid of anything below the signature
separator when replying. Please do not top post and format your
replies properly. ]

> "Adam Smith" wrote in message
> news:8cudnR-XYvkdx2zcRVn-gA@speakeasy.net...
>> Hello,
>>
>> Could anyone advise on HOW TO set up and run Perl scripts on windows,
>> and is it possible to run them as "standalones" without a server /
>> browser

> Bah.

Bah what?

> Go here, its free and works very well. I wrote a review on it for you
> today. I think many people will ask the same question

Then they will be better served by going to

http://www.cpan.org/ports/#win32

> ... Active Perl isnt free.

Hmmm ... From :

ActivePerl is ActiveState's quality-assured, ready-to-install
distribution of Perl, available for Linux, Solaris, and Windows.
As part of ActiveState's support for Perl, we provide the
ActivePerl distribution free to the community.

People may prefer one binary distribution over another. Nothing wrong
with that.

> http://www.jrbtech.com/index.php/codecenter/2005/01/22/indig operl_run_
perl_on_windows_for_free

Not worth the paper it is printed on. There is absolutely no information
on the advantages of IndigoPerl relative to other binary distributions.

Sinan

Re: Perl on Windows

am 22.01.2005 14:46:55 von 1usa

Re: Perl on Windows

am 22.01.2005 15:55:59 von flavell

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, JRBTech blurted out, without the
customary courtesy of citation and context:

> Bah.

Indeed. Posting, without further comment, to a newsgroup
(comp.lang.perl) which was officially phased-out years ago, does not
bode well for the accuracy of anything else you might have to say to
the hon Usenauts.

> Go here,

To recommend Indigoperl, wouldn't it be better to refer to here?
- http://www.indigostar.com/indigoperl.htm

> its free and works very well. I wrote a review on it for you today.

What's wrong with usenet? It looks as if you don't know how to use
it yet.

> I think many people will ask the same question.....

What same question?

> Active Perl isnt free.

- From the ActivePerl license:

| You may use this Package for commercial or non-commercial purposes
| without charge.

- From the Indigoperl license:

| You may use IndigoPerl for commercial or non-commercial purposes
| without charge.

Would you care to take us through the differences which you perceive
in their respective licenses?

>... /index.php/codecenter/2005/01/22/indigoperl_run_perl_on_wind ows_for_free

Come off it. It looks as if you're trying to promote a specific
discussion forum, not really to help anyone with their choice of Perl
distributions. That cited URL can be summarised as "we installed it
on one laptop and it works". Well, so it does, but you could safely
have said that here too.

Both are respectable and useful distributions. Of course there's also
Cygwin Perl ;-)

The benefits of IndigoPerl, particularly for a beginner who has web
usage in mind, are in areas which you haven't even mentioned - being
bundled with Apache, mod_perl etc. But I don't see anything wrong
with the other options.

[ f'ups set ]

Re: Perl on Windows

am 22.01.2005 15:55:59 von flavell

Re: Perl on Windows

am 22.01.2005 15:56:17 von jurgenex

[Don't top post]
[Don't full quote]

JRBTech wrote:
> [...] Active Perl isnt free.

What gave you that idea? It most certainly is free.

jue

Re: Perl on Windows

am 22.01.2005 15:56:17 von jurgenex

[Don't top post]
[Don't full quote]

JRBTech wrote:
> [...] Active Perl isnt free.

What gave you that idea? It most certainly is free.

jue

Re: Perl on Windows

am 22.01.2005 19:08:25 von Bill Segraves

"Adam Smith" wrote in message
news:8cudnR-XYvkdx2zcRVn-gA@speakeasy.net...
> Could anyone advise on HOW TO set up and run Perl scripts on windows,

One way, already mentioned: IndigoPerl, available free from
www.indigostar.com.

> and is it possible to run them as "standalones" without a server /
browser?

Yes.
--
Bill Segraves

Re: Perl on Windows

am 22.01.2005 19:08:25 von Bill Segraves

Re: Perl on Windows

am 25.01.2005 01:16:29 von Matt Garrish

"JRBTech" wrote in message
news:W-WdnUkXep_KyG_cRVn-pQ@adelphia.com...
>
> Active Perl isnt free.
>

Really? Care to elaborate?

Matt

Re: Perl on Windows

am 25.01.2005 01:16:29 von Matt Garrish

"JRBTech" wrote in message
news:W-WdnUkXep_KyG_cRVn-pQ@adelphia.com...
>
> Active Perl isnt free.
>

Really? Care to elaborate?

Matt

Re: Perl on Windows

am 25.01.2005 03:18:03 von Tad McClellan

[ Newsgroups trimmed ]

Matt Garrish wrote:
>
> "JRBTech" wrote in message
> news:W-WdnUkXep_KyG_cRVn-pQ@adelphia.com...
>>
>> Active Perl isnt free.
>>
>
> Really? Care to elaborate?

It is held hostage in a doped-silicon environment!

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