Re^2: Perl on laptop running Win 2000 Pro

Thanks so far for your prompt replies.

Punkish - The way i see it is that I'd like my Perl scripts to be fully functional on the laptop - without uploading to my ISP's server and seeing its output via a net connection and using MSIE. I'd like it to run locally.

I know php is a diff language, but that's for the future and hense asking about Perl here.

The apps I'm developing at present are a combo of Perl/MySQL, so I will undoubtedly need the necessary mods, drivers, etc.

What you've all given me so far is more than I managed to find for myself. ActiveState has just finished downloading and i'm about to install and see what it says I'm missing.

Thanks thus far and any further help/advice is still welcomed.

Cheers for now.

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Re^3: Perl on laptop running Win 2000 Pro by sgifford (Prior) on Aug 26, 2005 at 17:56 UTC
The problem with your question is that fully functional depends on what functionality you want. If you're writing Web scripts in Perl, you'll need a Web server; if you're writing mail server plugins, you'll need a mail server; if you're writing database applications, you'll need a database. Perl is a general purpose programming language, so "fully functional" covers a lot of ground. You'll have to be much more specific about what you'd like to do if you want a full answer, but hopefully the other answers will provide a good start. Good luck!	[reply]
Re^3: Perl on laptop running Win 2000 Pro by strat (Canon) on Aug 27, 2005 at 10:22 UTC
Well, since now you told us you want to write some web applications with perl, you need a web server. You can use Ms Internet Information Server which is included with Win2k. But likely your ISP will use Apache, so it's easier to use it as well. See httpd.apache.org and choose the major version your provider is using (1.3.x or 2.x). If you just want to write Perl/CGI scripts, the version doesn't really matter You can download mysql from Mysql and chose the same or a newer version than your ISP (the major versions are 3.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x) and install it if you want to develop with mod_perl or GD, see theoryx5.ua.winnipeg.ca/ppms for additional perl modules not available by activestate... if you want apache2, you can alternatively go to apachefriends and download XAMPP for windows which contains Apache, MySQL, PHP + PEAR, Perl, mod_php, mod_perl, mod_ssl, OpenSSL, phpMyAdmin, Webalizer, Mercury Mail Transport System for Win32 and NetWare Systems v3.32, JpGraph, FileZilla FTP Server, mcrypt, eAccelerator, SQLite, WEB-DAV + mod_auth_mysql Best regards, perl -e "s>>F>e=>y)\martinF)stronat)=>print,print v8.8.8.32.11.32"	[reply]