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

This may be stupid... I have RTMFed at least twice, and still cannot comprehend how to 'install' or 'build' Perl. Being a complete novice at all this, I downloaded nmake... but have no clue what to do with it. Could someone please let me know if I can just start writing programs? Or am I missing the point entirely?

update (broquaint): title change (was Installing)

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Re: Compiling and Installing Perl on Win32
by The Mad Hatter (Priest) on May 24, 2003 at 18:05 UTC
    Assuming you're on win32 (because you downloaded nmake), you should probably download and install ActiveState Perl. If you are on Unix and would rather not have to compile Perl, you can grab prebuilt binaries.

    If you are adament about compiling Perl, it really isn't hard. Just read the files README.$OS (where $OS is the name of your OS (ex/ win32 or unix)) and INSTALL located in the base of the source tree.

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      Thank you very much, Mad Hatter. I forgot to log in when I posted, thus the Anon. User. Thank you for your help. -Monk
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