Unix
Running Linux, Solaris, AIX, HPUX, or any other UNIX-like system?
Binaries
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Already Installed
You probably already have perl
installed. Type perl -v
on a command line to
find out which version.
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ActiveState Perl
has binary distributions of Perl for many platforms.
This is the simplest way to install the latest version of Perl.
Download ActivePerl
Mac OS X
Binaries
Already Installed
Mac OS X already has Perl installed. Open a Terminal application (in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder) and run perl -v
to find out which version.
ActiveState Perl
has binary distributions of Perl for Mac OS X.
This is the simplest way to install the latest version of Perl.
Download ActivePerl
Windows
Windows does not have Perl installed by default.
Binaries
ActiveState Perl
ActiveState offers both a free community version and a
commercially supported binary distribution of Perl for
Win32 and Perl for Win64.
Download ActivePerl
Strawberry Perl: A
100% Open Source Perl for Windows that is exactly the same as Perl
everywhere else; this includes using modules from CPAN, without the
need for binary packages. Help is available from other Windows
Perl developers on the #win32 irc channel on irc.perl.org (see website for access through a browser).
Download Strawberry Perl