The reason that I don't use the ActiveState Perl I have on some machines is that I have no idea how to install modules on it.

Downloading and installing perl modules on a Unix system is almost always a piece of cake.

  1. download
  2. gunzip
  3. tar -xvf
  4. perl Makefile.PL
  5. make
  6. make install
There must be a way to do it in Windows but I don't know what that way is. Since non-trivial Perl development usually requires a CPAN module or two, I would think that it is well worth the trouble to install a Linux distribution using some of the spare space on a Windows machine. (For ease of installation and hardware compatibility I recommend Mandrake Linux 7.2, which you can even buy for under $25 at Wally World these days.)

Update:Thanks everyone for pointing out that the way I have been installing packages for the past few months or so is not the easiest or best way. I should use ppm which I can learn about here.

In reply to Re: Linux vs. Windows for Learning Perl by sierrathedog04
in thread Linux vs. Windows for Learning Perl by OzzyOsbourne

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