1-rename activestate perl folder to something else such as perl510

No - you should have installed ActivePerl into "perl510" in the first place. Renaming the folder after installation has taken place means that some of the %Config values (in lib/Config.pm and lib/Config_heavy.pl) will be incorrect - eg perl -V:bin will report the old location of the perl/bin folder. These incorrect values generally won't stop you from running perl scripts, but they can screw things up when it comes to installing additional modules.

I usually select the perl I want to run by running a batch script that sets the path to the appropriate perl. For ActivePerl, the batch file would contain: 
set PATH=C:\_32\ap1006\bin;%PATH%

[download]
That way, when I invoke 'perl', it's ActivePerl that gets run, as it's the first 'perl' found in the path.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re: active perl & strawberry perl by syphilis
in thread active perl & strawberry perl by orange

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.