ActivePerl User Guide

• Requirements
• Installing ActivePerl
• Further Information

Requirements

Hardware

• recommended 35MB hard disk space for typical install

Operating System

• Minimum 2.0 kernel

Online Help

• Web browser

Installing ActivePerl

Debian Package

This package installs perl in: /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.6

To install:

    dpkg -i ActivePerl-5.6.1.630-i686-linux.deb

RPM Package

This package installs perl in: /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.6
To install in a different location, use the '--prefix' option with the rpm command.

To install:

    rpm -i ActivePerl-5.6.1.630-i686-linux.rpm

ActiveState Package

Copy ActivePerl-5.6.1.630-i686-linux.tar.gz into a temporary directory.

To install:

    tar -xzf ActivePerl-5.6.1.630-i686-linux.tar.gz
    cd ActivePerl-5.6.1.630
    sh install.sh

Further Information

See the ActivePerl Readme for more information.