Installation Problem

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

Hi PerlMonks!

I'm a newbie here. Perl got my attention so I decided to study it myself. I downloaded Strawberry Perl 5.14.1.2 (32 bit) on http://strawberryperl.com/ for my windows. After downloading, I tried to install it but something went wrong while installing. It showed a message box that says: "This installation package could not be opened. Contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer Package". Any thoughts? Can please someone help me? Thanks!

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Re: Installation Problem by Athanasius (Archbishop) on Jun 10, 2012 at 06:41 UTC
Hello MarieGrana, Did you check that the download completed successfully? You can calculate the SHA-1 hash of your downloaded file (for example, here online), and compare it with the expected result listed here. HTH, Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum	[reply]
Re^2: Installation Problem by MarieGrana (Initiate) on Jun 10, 2012 at 09:54 UTC
Hi Athanasius, Yes. The download completed successfully. I tried downloading and installing it more than twice. Still, I end up with that error message. I'll do what you've said. Hope it would work. Thanks!	[reply]
Re^2: Installation Problem by Anonymous Monk on Jun 11, 2012 at 15:09 UTC
make sure that you are running the installation with administrator privileges on Windows 7 --kmx	[reply]
Re: Installation Problem by ambrus (Abbot) on Jun 10, 2012 at 08:36 UTC
What version of Windows are you using? Also, have you tried the recommended stable release: Strawberry Perl 5.14.2.1?	[reply]
Re^2: Installation Problem by MarieGrana (Initiate) on Jun 10, 2012 at 09:40 UTC
Hi Ambrus, Yes, actually that's what I've downloaded and I'm using Windows7. Is it working on that Windows version? I tried downloading and installing it for more than twice. Still, it shows that error message. Oh, poor me. :(	[reply]
Re^3: Installation Problem by ambrus (Abbot) on Jun 10, 2012 at 10:09 UTC
Yes, it does work on Windows 7.	[reply]
Re^3: Installation Problem by Anonymous Monk on Jun 10, 2012 at 09:51 UTC
So what is the sum you get? Compare `sigcheck.exe -q -h strawberry-perl-5.14.2.1-32bit.msi` (or whatever file you downloaded) against http://strawberryperl.com/releases.html	[reply]
Re: Installation Problem by stevieb (Canon) on Jun 10, 2012 at 17:22 UTC
An alternative to Strawberry Perl for Windows 7 is ActiveState Perl, which is also available for free.	[reply]