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Re: Lastest version of perl for windows
by marto (Cardinal) on Aug 01, 2005 at 09:27 UTC
    Hi,

    You can get the latest release of ActiveState Perl from ActiveState, strangely enough.
    Other ports, and the source can be found here.

    Martin
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Re: Lastest version of perl for windows
by wfsp (Abbot) on Aug 01, 2005 at 10:02 UTC
    Have a look at the installation guide before you upgrade.
    1. Use Window's Add/Remove Programs applet (accessible from the Control Panel) to uninstall ActivePerl.
    2. Manually delete all directories beneath the Perl installation directory (by default C:\Perl) except the site\lib directory.
    3. Install ActivePerl to the same directory (i.e., C:\Perl).
    4. Use the ppm upgrade command to check for module updates.
    You could hit some snags if you don't (particlularly with ppm).
    Also note that the html docs only work properly with IE (but they do look very nice).
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      Also note that the html docs only work properly with IE (but they do look very nice).

      I'm curious what browser you've had problems with reading the HTML Docs in. They work just fine for me in Firefox as well as IE.

      Useless trivia: In the 2004 Las Vegas phone book there are approximately 28 pages of ads for massage, but almost 200 for lawyers.
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        winxp home, perl 5.8.7 and Firefox 1.0.4

        I reinstalled perl again just to make sure.

        The links in the lefthand scrolling frame don't work and generate a javascript 'uncaught exception' error.

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Re: Lastest version of perl for windows
by blazar (Canon) on Aug 01, 2005 at 09:30 UTC
    If you want to stay with AS, it should be 5.8.7; incidentally, why didn't check yourself?
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