Installing ActivePerl 5.10.0.1003
Welcome, and thank you for choosing ActivePerl.
- Version Numbers:The first three numbers of an ActivePerl
release correspond to the core Perl version. The fourth number is the
ActivePerl build number, which may be followed by a fifth number that
specifies a modified build for ActivePerl Enterprise. For example, this release of ActivePerl
is 5.10.0.1003, which corresponds to Perl
5.10.0.
- Binary Incompatibility: ActivePerl 1000 series builds
(Perl 5.10) are not binary-compatible with the older 800 (Perl 5.8)
and 600 (Perl 5.6) series builds. In particular, do not attempt to use
extensions or PPM packages built for an older series builds with ActivePerl
1000 series builds and vice versa.
- Side-by-Side x64 and x86 Installation: On 64 bit
operating systems which support 32 bit compatibility, both x86 and x64
versions of ActivePerl can be installed on the same system as long as they are
installed in separate directories. The Windows MSI installer will suggest the
following default directories to keep them separate:
- Windows x64:
C:\Perl64
- Windows x86:
C:\Perl
Other installers will not suggest a platform-specific default
install directory. You must specify a unique installation directory
manually.
- Hardware: 120 MB hard disk space for typical install
- Perl for ISAPI: requires an ISAPI-compatible web server,
such as IIS
- PerlScript: requires an ActiveX scripting host such as
Internet Explorer or Windows Scripting Host
- Perl Environment Variables: if Perl environment variables
such as
PERLLIB, PERL5LIB or PERL5OPT
have been set on your system, you should unset them before installing
ActivePerl. Otherwise, these variables may cause incompatible versions of
Perl modules to be used during the installation process.
- System Account: (MSI Installer only) Do not launch the
installation package from a directory for which the "System" account does
not have read permission. If you do, the Windows Installer Service will not
be able to access the MSI file in order to perform the installation. You
may get an error message to this effect, or it may fail mysteriously.
- Administrative Privileges: On Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
systems ActivePerl installations must be performed by a privileged user
only. If you install ActivePerl without full administrator privileges, the
following problems occur:
- Environment variables are set only for the current user
- PerlScript file associations are not created
- The PerlScript feature will be unavailable
- Registry entries are created under HKEY_CURRENT_USER and not under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- IIS script mappings are not set
- ActivePerl applications will not write messages to the event log
- ActivePerl only appears in the Add/Remove Programs
list for the current user
- Internet Explorer: Ensure that you have at least IE 6.
If necessary, get an update from:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
- Windows 2000
- Windows Vista / Windows XP / Windows 2003 Server: no additional
requirements
Upgrading from earlier ActivePerl versions requires that you delete the old
version of ActivePerl, and then install the 5.10.x version. This means that any
additional packages that were installed using PPM must be manually reinstalled
after the ActivePerl 5.10.x installation, so creating a list of these packages
is an important first step.
You can use PPM-Profile to help save
and restore your locally installed PPM packages. PPM-Profile
is available through PPM and allows you to save a profile of all the PPM packages
you have installed. For example, to save a profile before you upgrade, you can type:
ppm install PPM-Profile
ppmprofile save C:\profile.xml
Once you have saved this profile, you can proceed with the new install.
Once done, you can use the profile you saved to reinstall the same set of
PPM packages in your new installation by typing (add the --verbose flag for
more details on what is being installed) :
ppm install PPM-Profile
ppmprofile restore C:\profile.xml
If you are using ActivePerl to serve CGI / ASP scripts using IIS or another
Web server, stop the Web server before installing ActivePerl.
- MSI Installer Package
- To install the MSI package double-click on the MSI file in Windows
Explorer.
Do not install over a 500, 600, or 800 series build of ActivePerl. This
package must be installed into a separate directory.
- MSI Package Installation from the Command Line
- You can install ActivePerl from the command line using the 'msiexec'
program. For example:
msiexec /i msi_file.msi
The ADDLOCAL command line property is used to specify which features
should be installed. (If ADDLOCAL is not specified, all features are
installed.) For example:
msiexec /i msi_file.msi ADDLOCAL="PERL_FEATURE,PERLIS"
The following features may be specified with the ADDLOCAL switch:
- PERL_FEATURE (the Perl core)
- PPM (the Programmer's Package Manager)
- PERLIS (the Perl for ISAPI interpreter)
- PERLSE (the Perl ActiveX Scripting Engine)
- EXAMPLES (some simple examples)
A set of command-line properties can be used to configure the
installation. For example:
msiexec /i msi_file.msi TARGETDIR="c:\" PERL_PATH="Yes"
- TARGETDIR: Used to specify the absolute path where ActivePerl will
be installed. If not specified, ActivePerl will be installed in a
default location on the same drive as the Windows operating system.
If this option is used, a value is required.
Note: Ensure that the NT 'SYSTEM' user account that actually
runs the MSI installer has full access to the target directory.
Also, don't select a directory with spaces in its name. Perl will
likely work, but many scripts will not.
- PERL_EXT: If set to 'No', the installer will not create the
default '.pl' file extension association with
perl.
- PL_IISMAP: If is set to 'No', the installer will not
create a global IIS script mapping for '.pl' and Perl.
- PLEX_IISMAP: If set to 'No', the installer will not
create a global IIS script mapping for '.plex' and PerlIS.
- PLX_IISMAP: If set to 'No', the installer will not
create a global IIS script mapping for '.plx' and PerlIS.
- PERL_PATH: If set to 'No', the Perl/bin directory
will not be added to the system PATH environment variable.
- CREATE_SAMPLE_DIR: If set to 'No', the PerlEx sample virtual
directory in IIS is not created.
The following command-line switches can be used:
- Silent Mode
- To run in silent mode, specify the '/q' command line option. The
installer will run with no UI.
- Logging
- To log the installation process, specify the '/l' command line
option and the name of the log file. For example:
msiexec /i msi_file.msi /l log.txt
To enable verbose logging, use the *v modifier with
the /l command line option. For example:
msiexec /i msi_file.msi /l*v log.txt
- AS Installer Package
- The AS package is a generic installation package that can be used on
systems where the MSI package is not supported. The AS package provides
no uninstall functionality. To install using the AS package, double-click
the installer file and follow the prompts.
If you run Perl at the command prompt, the script will be executed by the
first Perl.exe it encounters in the list of paths in the PATH
environment variable. To ensure the script is executed by the Perl interpreter
of your choice, specify the complete path to the Perl.exe you want
to use. (Typing perl -v at the command prompt will tell you which
version of Perl is currently first in your PATH)
Installing ActivePerl will change your Path environment variable and may
change registry settings, such as file associations, which may affect your Web
server. If you want to use a previously installed copy of Perl, you will need to
modify these settings.
ftype PerlScript=perl.exe %1 %*
assoc .pl=PerlScript
- MSI Package
- If you installed ActivePerl using the MSI installer, uninstall using the
Windows Add / Remove Programs applet.
- AS Package
- If you installed ActivePerl using the AS installer, uninstall by
deleting the directory in which ActivePerl was installed.
- Manual Uninstall
- If you must uninstall ActivePerl manually, delete the Perl directory,
including all sub-directories, and the following registry entries:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/ActiveState/ActivePerl
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/ActiveState/PerlScript
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Uninstall/ActivePerl
- Hardware: 120 MB hard disk space for typical install
- Operating System: OS X 10.4 "Tiger" or later
- Software: X11 - for use of ActivePerl's bundled Tk modules (optional)
- Installing the OS X Package
-
ActivePerl is distributed on Mac OS X as a disk image (.dmg
file). The disk image contains an installer package (.pkg bundle)
that installs ActivePerl.
- Download the
ActivePerl disk image
(
ActivePerl-<version>-<platform>.dmg).
- If the browser does not automatically mount the disk image and open the
mounted folder in Finder, double-click
ActivePerl-<version>-<platform>.dmg to do so.
- Double-click the ActivePerl installer package
(ActivePerl-<version>.pkg) to start the installation.
- Follow the Installer prompts. The installer will ask for administrative
authentication if the current user does not have administrative
priviledges.
- After installation is complete, you may eject the ActivePerl disk image and
move ActivePerl-version.dmg to the Trash.
OS X includes a non-interactive command line interface to Apple's
Installer. To install the ActivePerl Apple installer from the command
line:
$ sudo installer -pkg /Users/<username>/ActivePerl-<version>.pkg -target /
More information on the command line interface to Installer can be
found in its man page.
The Apple Installer package installs ActivePerl in
/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10. To run the perl interpreter and PPM
package manager (without having to enter the full path), add
/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10/bin to your PATH environment variable. For
example:
$ export PATH=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10/bin:$PATH
$ export PATH=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10/site/bin:$PATH
To permanently add the directory to your PATH, add it to the
.profile or .bash_profile file in the user's home
directory. For example:
PATH=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10/bin:$PATH
PATH=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10/site/bin:$PATH
export PATH
Alternatively, symbolic links to the binaries can be created in any
bin directory currently in the PATH. For example:
PATH=/Users/<username>/bin:$PATH
$ ln -s /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/perl /Users/<username>/bin/perl
$ ln -s /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/ppm /Users/<username>/bin/ppm
To uninstall ActivePerl, run the uninstall script:
$ /Library/Receipts/ActivePerl-5.10.pkg/Contents/Resources/uninstall
Removing ActivePerl will also remove perl modules manually installed using
PPM.
If neccessary, remove any symbolic links created during configuration. For
example:
$ rm /Users/<username>/bin/perl
- Hardware: 120 MB hard disk space for typical install
- Operating System: Red Hat 6.2 or later, Debian 2.2 or later
- Online Help: Web browser
- RPM Package
for Red Hat 6.2 or later
- The Red Hat compatible package is in RPM format. This should be
installed as root, using the following command:
% rpm -i ActivePerl-5.10.0.1003-i686-linux.rpm
This will install ActivePerl into /opt/ActivePerl-5.10.
To uninstall ActivePerl, run:
% rpm -e ActivePerl
The RPM package has only been tested with Red Hat 6.2, but is expected to
be compatible with other Red Hat 6.2 compatible installations as well.
Note: Previous versions of ActivePerl were installed in
/usr/local. Upgrading using rpm will not remove
modules and documentation subsequently added using PPM or the CPAN shell,
nor will it move them to the new location in /opt. These
modules must be reinstalled after the upgrade. The old ActivePerl directory
in /usr/local can be removed.
- Dpkg Package
for Debian 2.2 or later
- The Debian-compatible package is in dpkg format. This should be
installed as root, using the following command:
% dpkg -i ActivePerl-5.10.0.1003-i686-linux.deb
This will install ActivePerl into /opt/ActivePerl-5.10.
To uninstall ActivePerl, run:
% dpkg -r ActivePerl
The Debian package has only been tested with Debian 2.2, but is expected
to be compatible with other Debian 2.2 compatible installations as well.
- Gzipped Tarball for
Linux
- The generic installer allows installation as an unprivileged user into a
user-specified path. GNU tar is required for extracting the files. See
Known Issues in the ActivePerl
Release Notes for details.
Download the distribution to a temporary directory, extract the files,
chdir to the ActivePerl directory and then run the script install.sh.
The installation script will prompt you for the target installation
directory.
% tar zxf ActivePerl-5.10.0.1003-i686-linux.tar.gz
% cd ActivePerl-5.10.0.1003
% ./install.sh
If you share the system with other people, or if you do not have root access,
it is recommended that you install ActivePerl in your own user directory. For
example:
/home/<username>/ActivePerl-5.10
We suggest adding the following line to your .bash_profile file:
PATH=$PATH:/home/<username>/bin
Also, we suggest that you create symbolic links to the binaries:
ln -s /home/<username>/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/perl /home/<username>/bin/perl
ln -s /home/<username>/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/ppm /home/<username>/bin/ppm
This will allow you to call ActivePerl with a command like:
perl -le "Hello World!;"
The Red Hat and Debian packages are installed into the
/opt/ActivePerl-5.10 directory. Add the
/opt/ActivePerl-5.10/bin directory to your PATH environment
variable to conveniently access it. For example, in the C shell:
% setenv PATH /opt/ActivePerl-5.10/bin:$PATH
The generic installer allows you to install the package anywhere
that the user has write permission. Add the bin directory to your PATH
environment variable to conveniently access it. For example, in the C shell
(assuming you installed into /home/<username>/ActivePerl-5.10):
% setenv PATH /home/<username>/ActivePerl-5.10/bin:$PATH
- Debian Package
- If you installed ActivePerl using the dpkg format installer, uninstall
as follows:
dpkg -r ActivePerl
- RPM Package
- If you installed ActivePerl using the RPM format installer, uninstall
as follows:
rpm -e ActivePerl
- AS Package
- If you installed ActivePerl using the AS format installer, remove the
directory into which ActivePerl was installed. For example:
/bin/rm -rf /opt/ActivePerl-5.10
- Hardware: 120 MB hard disk space for typical install
- Operating System: Solaris 2.6 or later for sparc, Solaris 10 or later for x86
- Online Help: Web browser
- PKGADD Package
- The Solaris package is in pkgadd format. This should be installed as
root, using the following commands:
% gunzip ActivePerl-5.10.0.1003-sun4-solaris.pkg.gz
% pkgadd -d ActivePerl-5.10.0.1003-sun4-solaris.pkg
This will install ActivePerl into /opt/ActivePerl-5.10.
To uninstall ActivePerl, run:
% pkgrm ASperl
This package has only been tested with Solaris 2.6, but is expected to be
compatible with other Solaris 2.6 compatible installations as well,
including Solaris 7 and Solaris 8.
- Gzipped Tarball for Solaris
- The generic installer allows installation as an unprivileged user, and
into a user-specified path. GNU tar is required for extracting the files.
See Known Issues in the ActivePerl
Release Notes for details.
Download the distribution to a temporary directory, extract the files,
chdir to the ActivePerl directory and then run the script
install.sh. The installation script will prompt you for the
target installation directory.
% tar zxf ActivePerl-5.10.0.1003-sun4-solaris.tar.gz
% cd ActivePerl-5.10.0.1003
% ./install.sh
If GNU tar is installed as 'gtar', substitute that executable name in the
first command above.
The Solaris package is installed into the /opt/ActivePerl-5.10
directory. Add the /opt/ActivePerl-5.10/bin directory to your
PATH environment variable to conveniently access it. For example, in the C
shell:
% setenv PATH /opt/ActivePerl-5.10/bin:$PATH
The generic installer allows you to install the package anywhere
that the user has write permission. Add the bin directory to your PATH
environment variable to conveniently access it. For example, in the C shell
(assuming you installed into /home/<username>/ActivePerl-5.10):
% setenv PATH /home/<username>/ActivePerl-5.10/bin:$PATH
- PKGADD Package
- If you installed ActivePerl using the PKGADD format installer, uninstall
as follows:
pkgrm -d ASperl
- Gzipped Tarball Package
- If you installed ActivePerl using the AS format installer, remove the
directory into which ActivePerl was installed. For example:
/bin/rm -rf /opt/ActivePerl-5.10
- Hardware: 120 MB hard disk space for typical install
- Operating System: AIX 5.1
- Gzipped Tarball
for AIX
-
ActivePerl is distributed on AIX as a gzipped tarball containing an
installer. GNU tar is required for extracting the files (see Known Issues in the ActivePerl Release
Notes for details).
Download
the distribution to a temporary directory, extract the files, chdir to
the ActivePerl directory and run the script
install.sh.
$ tar zxf ActivePerl-5.10.0.1003-aix-5.1-<seq>.tar.gz
$ cd ActivePerl-5.10.0.1003
$ ./install.sh
If GNU tar is installed as 'gtar', substitute that executable name in the
first command above.
The installation script will prompt you for a target installation
directory. If you share the system with other people, or if you do not
have root access, you may install ActivePerl in your own user directory.
For example:
/home/<username>/ActivePerl-5.10
We suggest adding the bin directory of the ActivePerl
installation to your .profile file. For example:
PATH=$PATH:/home/<username>/ActivePerl-5.10/bin
Alternatively, create symbolic links to the binaries in a directory
already in your path. For example:
$ ln -s /home/<username>/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/perl /home/<username>/bin/perl
$ ln -s /home/<username>/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/ppm /home/<username>/bin/ppm
To uninstall ActivePerl, remove the directory ActivePerl was installed in.
For example:
$ rm -rf /opt/ActivePerl-5.10
If neccessary, remove any symbolic links created during configuration. For
example:
$ rm /Users/<username>/bin/perl
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