Re: Tried to install activeperl on windows xp home
- From: John Bokma <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 30 Jun 2005 03:36:39 GMT
"Sisyphus" <sisyphus1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> "hauksnightmare" <manwhataride@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Beginner question...I tried to install activeperl on windows xp home
>> edition, but according to the c prompt perl is invalid. What did I do
>> wrong/ how can I fix this?
>>
>
> You probably haven't added the location of perl.exe to your path.
> Assuming perl.exe is in the folder C:\perl\bin just enter at the
> prompt: path=C:\perl\bin;%path%
>
> (If perl.exe is located elsewhere, then modify accordingly.)
>
> To check, enter:
> perl -v
>
> (See Windows Help for directions on how to add your perl\bin folder
> *permanently* to your path. Otherwise you need to set the path as
> above every time you open a new cmd.exe window.)
AFAIK ActiveState does this all for you.
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