in reply to Need help getting Strawberry Perl (Windows version of Perl) to install and start

nothing happened when I ran the install file

Really? Perhaps a (free) tool such as InstallWatch Pro, which "records modifications made to your PC during the installation of software, hardware, or configuration changes", would be helpful.

But personally, I'm betting if you look in C:\strawberry\perl, as Corion suggested, you'll find something...

Update: As far as "starting" perl, what happens when you do Start | Run | cmd, and type perl -v into the resulting command prompt?

HTH,

planetscape

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Re^2: Need help getting Strawberry Perl (Windows version of Perl) to install and start
by Amphiaraus (Beadle) on Feb 28, 2010 at 00:28 UTC

    Thanks all, problem is solved, I was not aware that the installer created C:\strawberry

    My program C:\strawberry\test.pl holds --

    printf "Hello world\n";

    when I run test.pl I get --

    C:\strawberry>perl test.pl

    Hello world

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