Keep the application as-is, but somehow package that into a single executable. (Compiled separately for Win/Mac/Linux of course). This is potentially the least amount of work, but I'm not aware of any reasonable way to do this, without requiring customers run a web server(!) on their desktops.

It sounds like you have your app factored pretty well, so this is probably easier than you think.

I would use HTTP::Server::Simple to build out the web server portion, and then write bootstrap scripts to tell the local machine's browser to connect to the locally running server.

After you get that working, use PAR::Packer to complile the app in to a single executable.

As an alternative to PAR::Packer, ActiveState has the Perl Dev Kit which helps you build distributable applications. For example you can write .msi files in perl.

If you dig a little bit you'll find lots of ways to do what you want in perl.

UPDATE: If at all possbile, my recommendation is to really push for running the app on a central server.

regards,

In reply to Re: Perl CGI app to executable? by trwww
in thread Perl CGI app to executable? by wanna_code_perl

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