Sharan Basappa wrote:
Hi,
I would like to know install perl on my windows laptop. Any
suggestions on which one to use.
Also, my work requires some special modules like algorithm. How do I
handle that?
I find Perl most enjoyable on a GNU/Linux platform. Have you considered
a running a virtual machine on Windows? I've used VMWare:
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/cat/508
Sun also has a VM product, but I haven't tried it:
http://www.virtualbox.org/
When I need Perl on Windows, I use Cygwin:
http://www.cygwin.com/
Cygwin provides a Unix-like GNU/Posix environment on Windows. You will
want to be proficient on a Unix console.
I've used ActiveState Perl in the past:
http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/
I recall that Perl/Tk worked better/easier on ActiveState than on
Cygwin. In addition to their free version, ActiveState sells commercial
versions with support, IDE's, ability to create Windows *.msi packages,
.NET, etc..
There are other Windows Perl distributions:
http://win32.perl.org/wiki/index.php?title=Win32_Distributions
All have facilities for installing Perl modules. YMMV.
HTH,
David
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