Win32: IndigoPerl vs. ActiveState

gregor42 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm still new to developing PERL on Win32. Everything I've done up to this point was on Solaris/IRIX.

I've been mucking around with the distributions for the platform. Assuming for a moment that I can't make NMAKE & MKS work togther to save my life...

What are the opinions of the Bretheren?

IndigoPerl or ActiveState?

Personally I'm torn. I have read that you can't use mod_perl with ActiveState. Is this still true!?

I also, have had problems getting Tk working using IndigoPerl, where it seems to work fairly well using ActiveState.

I humbly ask, is there a clear preference, or do I run one installation each on two machines & pray that the modules are available for both when I use them in my code?

Wait! This isn't a Parachute, this is a Backpack!

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Re: Win32: IndigoPerl vs. ActiveState by Tortue (Scribe) on Mar 31, 2001 at 08:38 UTC
I'm currently running: Activestate 5.6.0 build 623 Apache 1.3.19 mod_perl 1.25 under Windows 98... and it works! Most of the difficulty of this "Perls before sWine" kind of configuration is handled for you by randy kobes. All you need is basically a 5.6 Activestate Perl, a post 1.3.12 Apache, and the instructions at ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/other/ActivePerl.readme, which boil down to using ActiveStates's Perl Package Manager: `ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/mod_perl-1.xx_1.3.yy.ppd` [download] I haven't ever used IndigoPerl, but I've generally been pretty happy with ActiveState, as happy as you can be working under Windows, trying to pretend it's Unix... Good luck.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Win32: IndigoPerl vs. ActiveState by voyager (Friar) on Mar 31, 2001 at 09:36 UTC
a coworker in the know gave me the following, and i am in business (thanks mark): get the apache windows installer from http://httpd.apache.org/dist/ get the activestate perl from http://www.activestate.com get win32 mod_perl using the ppm command given at http://perl.apache.org/distributions.html (but do not use randy's old binaries) i think a keys is, that if you don't have a c complier on your windows machine you need to make sure the binaries you get for apache, perl, mod_perl are compatible.	[reply]
Re: Win32: IndigoPerl vs. ActiveState by footpad (Abbot) on Mar 31, 2001 at 22:09 UTC
You might also take a look at the Win32 install diary near the bottom of ybiC's home node. While it doesn't weigh in on the AS vs IP issue, it does provide a number of useful links. Update: Also, the tools section of Outside Links also provides a number of useful links. --f	[reply]
Re: Win32: IndigoPerl vs. ActiveState by LD2 (Curate) on Mar 31, 2001 at 04:52 UTC
To be honest, I have yet to use IndigoPerl... but my experiences wiht ActiveState on Win98 have been positive. But, about mod_perl with ActiveState - it seems to be possible. For more info, read this node.	[reply]