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ActiveState's Perl Dev Kit (PDK) includes a graphical installation that makes
it easy to install. You can install the Perl Dev Kit on Microsoft Windows
Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 operating systems.
In-depth knowledge of Perl is not required for installing and running the Perl
Dev Kit. However, some knowledge of Perl is recommended if you intend to modify
Perl programs to work with the Perl Dev Kit.
Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003
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No additional requirements
Windows 2000
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Windows Installer 2.0 Redistributable for Windows 2000
Installation of the Perl Dev Kit requires that you have administrator
privileges (as applicable) on the computer. Before installing the Perl Dev Kit,
ensure that the installation directory does not contain a previous version of
the Perl Dev Kit. Multiple versions of the PDK can be installed on a system,
providing none of the versions is the same, and they are installed in different
locations.
To install the Perl Dev Kit:
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Double-click the installation file (with the .MSI extension) to run the
installer program.
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Follow the instructions on the screen. You are prompted to agree to the terms
of the license agreement and select the components of the Perl Dev Kit that you
wish to install. When the installation is complete, you have the option of
viewing the Perl Dev Kit Release Notes.
Note: Services created with the PerlSvc component cannot be run until the
machine is rebooted.
Perl Dev Kit for OS X is distributed as a .dmg image containing a package
installer.
In-depth knowledge of Perl is not required for installing and running the Perl
Dev Kit. However, some knowledge of Perl is recommended if you intend to modify
Perl programs to work with the Perl Dev Kit.
Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" or later
ActivePerl  build
816 or later.
Installation of the Perl Dev Kit requires that you have administrator
privileges on the computer. Before installing the Perl Dev Kit, ensure that the
installation directory (by default /usr/local/PDK) does not contain a
previous version of the Perl Dev Kit.
To install the Perl Dev Kit:
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Double-click the downloaded .dmg file to open it (Note: this is done
automatically if you downloaded using Safari).
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Double-click the Perl Dev Kit package icon.
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Step through the Perl Dev Kit installer. You will be prompted to read and
accept the ActiveState Perl Dev Kit License Agreement, choose a drive to
install to, and finally to install the software. If you are not logged in as an
Administrator, you will be prompted for an Administrator username and password.
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Eject the mounted Perl Dev Kit disk image.
The Perl Dev Kit tools are installed under /usr/local/PDK. You may wish to
add PDK to your path environment variables. This can be done with the commands:
export PATH=/usr/local/PDK/bin:$PATH
export MANPATH=/usr/local/PDK/share/man:$MANPATH
The tools can also be launched from from the ActiveState Perl Dev Kit folder
under Applications in the Finder. Drag the icons into the Dock to create
shortcuts.
Install the PDK on AIX, HP-UX, Linux or Solaris by downloading the appropriate
installation (.tar.gz) file, unzipping it, and running the installation script.
The installer prompts you to select an installation directory and a compatible
version of Perl.
In-depth knowledge of Perl is not required for installing and running the Perl
Dev Kit. However, some knowledge of Perl is recommended if you intend to modify
Perl programs to work with the Perl Dev Kit.
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Web browser to view documentation
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ActivePerl build
628 or later on AIX, Linux and Solaris.
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ActivePerl build 627 or later on HP-UX. ActivePerl for HP-UX can be obtained
from
HP.
Note: ActivePerl and PerlApp on HP-UX have a known incompatibility with
extension libraries that link with libcl.sl. For example, some versions of
the Oracle client libraries are known to link with libcl.sl. If the
DBD::Oracle extension links with such an Oracle client library, that
extension is not compatible with ActivePerl and PerlApp.
Note that the tar command on Solaris has a bug that prevents files with long
path names from being extracted from the package correctly. GNU tar may
therefore be required to extract the package into the filesystem correctly. A
precompiled version of GNU tar for the sparc platform is available from
Sun .
The Perl Dev Kit can be installed in the location of your choice. However,
ensure that the installation directory does not contain a previous version of
the Perl Dev Kit. You do not need root privileges, but you must have write
access to the chosen location.
Multiple versions of the PDK can be installed on a system, providing they are
installed in different locations.
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Unzip the downloaded installation file using the
gunzip and tar commands.
For example:
gunzip -c PDK-7.2.0-linux.tar.gz | tar xvf -
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Make the extracted directory the current directory, and run the contained
install.sh script to start the PDK installer:
cd PDK-7.2.0-linux
sh install.sh
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Choose an installation directory. Press 'Enter' to install the Perl Dev Kit in
the default location (/opt/pdk) or specify a different top-level directory.
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Specify the Perl version to use with the PDK. The installer prompts you to
select the version that is first in your system's PATH. Press 'Enter' to accept
this version, or specify a different version.
If you have more than one Perl version that is compatible with the PDK, the
installer displays them in a numbered list. For example:
Select Perl to use with the PDK
1. /usr/bin/perl (default)
2. /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/perl
3. None of these
Then enter the number indicating the desired version (in the example above, '1'
or '2'), or enter the number indicating 'None of these' to specify a different
version. Press 'Enter' to complete the installation.
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Add the Perl Dev Kit's installation directory to your path. For example, if you
accepted the default directory, enter the following command:
PATH=/opt/pdk/bin:$PATH
Use the following command to find and display the Perl Dev Kit documentation:
perldoc pdk
The complete Perl Dev Kit documentation is installed with the Windows version
of Perl Dev Kit. It is also available in HTML format on
ASPN, the ActiveState Programmer Network.
- Windows
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Select Start|Programs|ActiveState Perl Dev Kit 7.2|Uninstall Perl Dev Kit.
- Mac OS X
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Run the following command:
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sudo "/Library/Receipts/Perl Dev Kit.pkg/Contents/Resources/uninstall"
- AIX/HP-UX/Linux/Solaris
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Delete the directory containing the Perl Dev Kit installation.
Release Notes
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