Re: Exe and module download questions

E.D.G. wrote:
Questions related to the downloadable ActiveState version of Perl.

1. Exe - What are the steps involved with creating a standalone .exe copy
of a Perl program?

To make an executable of a Perl script you can use the Perl Packager (http://par.perl.org/), or perl2exe.


2. Downloading Cpan Modules - What are the steps involved with
downloading a module from Cpan for example, unzipping the module, and then
merging it with Perl? Where can we get hold of a program for unzipping the
modules for example?

Here you can use the program cpan.bat which is a part of the Activestate distribution, it is in the Perl/bin directory. To compile XS (C/C++) modules you have to install Visual C/C++ 6.0 or the free Visual C++ 2005 express edition from Microsoft.

There are some free programs like GNU zip, GNU tar to extract the modules.

regards,
Reinhard

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