Installing Perl for Windows

The Perl installed file you downloaded from ActiveState is an MSI file, which works with Microsoft's built-in installation program (users of Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 will have to install Microsoft Installer 2.0 before they can install the MSI file). If you save the file to disk, double-click it to launch and start the installation process. An installation wizard will launch, and you'll need to agree to the Perl license. The next screen enables you to select packages to install and to specify where to install Perl.

The packages you can install are as follows:

  • Perl: The core Perl installation.

  • Perl ISAPI: Only needed if you've got a IIS Web server and you'll be using Perl to develop CGI scripts for it.

  • PerlScript: ...

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