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

Can someone help me resolve an installation problem, please.

When I try to execute a command I'm getting the error message "'perl' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file".

I am a complete layman when it comes to Perl, but I have managed to install it on my other computer (which is not with me right now).

Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks.

Vista Home Basic SP2

ActivePerl-5.8.8.822-MSWin32-x86-280952

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Re: Installation problem
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 19, 2011 at 13:55 UTC

    How did you install Perl on this computer?

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      Thanks! I downloaded a zip file from the ActivePerl website, extracted it, then moved the 'perl' folder to the C drive directory.
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        You need to add the c:\perl\bin directory to you path.

        Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
        "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
        In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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        Thanks! I downloaded a zip file from the ActivePerl website, extracted it, then moved the 'perl' folder to the C drive directory.

        So you did not use Installer.bat? Installer.bat will update the registry to add to %PATH%

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