ActivePerl User Guide

• Requirements
• Installing ActivePerl
• Further Information

Requirements

Hardware

• recommended 35MB hard disk space for typical install

Operating System

• Solaris 2.6

Online Help

• Web browser

Installing ActivePerl

Pkgadd Format

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

Copy ActivePerl-5.6.1.630-sun4-solaris.gz into a temporary directory.

To install:

    gunzip ActivePerl-5.6.1.630-sun4-solaris.gz
    pkgadd -d ActivePerl-5.6.1.630-sun4-solaris

ActiveState Installer Format

Copy ActivePerl-5.6.1.630-sun4-solaris.tar.gz into a temporary directory.

To install:

    tar -xzf ActivePerl-5.6.1.630-sun4-solaris.tar.gz
    cd ActivePerl-5.6.1.630
    sh install.sh

Further Information

See the ActivePerl Readme for more information.