Need ancient ActivePerl installer (build 811 of ActivePerl 5.8)

matsad has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Greetings Perl Monks,

I teach biochemistry at a small liberal arts college in Kentucky, Berea College. We recently had a computer crash that wiped out my programs on a very old computer (running Windows XP) attached to an instrument (a liquid chromatogram/mass spectrometer, LC/MS). To complete some proteomics experiments with my students, I really need to re-install a software package called BioWorks 3.2 originally provided by the company ThermoFinnigan. I have that installer, but unfortunately this requires build 811 of ActivePerl 5.8. Is there any chance that someone out there still has ActivePerl running on an old computer and maybe still has the installer? The new software is too expensive for us to upgrade, sadly.

I searched and found ActivePerl traffic on PerlMonks, hence my query here. I have asked Active State (the company selling ActivePerl) but not gotten a reply yet. I really need to get it this week if at all possible.

Thanks in advance!

Matt

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Re: Need ancient ActivePerl installer (build 811 of ActivePerl 5.8) by ActiveState_JR (Novice) on Apr 24, 2017 at 22:05 UTC
Hi Matt, ActiveState would be happy to provide a copy of ActivePerl 5.8 to you to help with your class experiments. I'll reach out directly. Cheers, -JR	[reply]
Re: Need ancient ActivePerl installer (build 811 of ActivePerl 5.8) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 24, 2017 at 15:44 UTC
The closest I have retained is C:\Downloaded\ActivePerl-5.8.9.826-MSWin32-x86-290470.msi which is binary compatible with 811. You're welcome to a copy if it'll help.	[reply]
Re^2: Need ancient ActivePerl installer (build 811 of ActivePerl 5.8) by james28909 (Deacon) on Apr 24, 2017 at 18:01 UTC
Can I get a copy of this as well? would be much appreciated sir.	[reply]
Re^3: Need ancient ActivePerl installer (build 811 of ActivePerl 5.8) by Anonymous Monk on Apr 24, 2017 at 22:53 UTC
distributing copies is against the license	[reply]
Re: Need ancient ActivePerl installer (build 811 of ActivePerl 5.8) by syphilis (Archbishop) on Apr 24, 2017 at 23:43 UTC
but unfortunately this requires build 811 of ActivePerl 5.8 Seems a bit odd that a particular build of ActivePerl would be needed. Usually, the requirement is for a particular version (or range of versions) of perl. I'd be thinking that any ActivePerl 5.8.x (for x >= 0) would be fine. However, IIRC, there were some problems with the early versions of perl 5.8 on Windows so it's quite possible that the minimum value for "x" is greater than 0 in this case. Of course, I don't have build 811 either, but build 806 (perl-5.8.0) is available from here should you wish to try that build. The installation of those old "zip" builds is a bit kludgy. After you've unzipped the file you'll have an ActivePerl directory and Installer.bat. You then run the Installer.bat to install perl where and how you want it (just follow the prompts). Then you can delete the ActivePerl directory and the Installer.bat that the unzipping had created. Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re: Need ancient ActivePerl installer (build 811 of ActivePerl 5.8) by FreeBeerReekingMonk (Deacon) on Apr 24, 2017 at 18:07 UTC
I have this one: 16030800 Dec 28 2011 /home/fbrm/Documents/Software/PROGRAMMINGLANGUAGES/ActivePerl-5.8.8.819-MSWin32-x86-267479.msi Ill put it for a few hours here: link removed, ActiveState replied already :)	[reply]