ActivePerl Community Edition

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ActivePerl Community Edition
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Version: 5.20.1 Build 2000
Upload Date: 17 Feb 15
Distribution Type: Freeware
Downloads: 14

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ActivePerl Community Edition is a free and multiplatform software project, a script implemented in UNIX Shell and designed from the ground up to provide a ready-to-use, precompiled, quality-assured and supported version of the Perl programming language to application developers who are in a hurry and on the move all the time, switching frequently from one operating system to another.

When using ActivePerl, which is also distributed as Business and Enterprise editions for medium-sized businesses and corporations, your team of developers will save a lot of time and money, as the program is engineered in such a way that will assist devs in building apps that work on multiple operating systems.

What’s included?

The ActivePerl project comes as a gzipped binary archive, supported only on 64-bit (x86_64) systems, comprised of a precompiled Perl distribution that includes versions 5.20, 5.18, 5.16, 5.14, 5.12, 5.10, 5.8 and 5.6, core Perl binaries, as well as comprehensive documentation. Additional binaries can be added via PPM (Perl Package Manager), which includes over 10,000 Perl modules.

Getting started with ActivePerl

To install and use the precompiled Perl distribution offered by ActivePerl, you must first visit our dedicated download section above to grab the latest version of the package, save the archive on your computer and extract it with your favorite archive manager tool.

Unfortunately, the installation is supported only from the command-line mode, so you must open a terminal emulator app, navigate to the location of the extracted archive files (e.g. cd /home/softoware/ActivePerl-5.20.1.2000-x86_64-linux-glibc-2.15-298557), execute the ‘sh install.sh’ command and follow the on-screen instructions.

Supported operating systems

Just like Perl, ActivePerl is a cross-platform software, providing ready-to-install packages for all GNU/Linux distributions that run in 64-bit mode, as well as for the Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

What is new in this release:

  • This build corresponds to the Perl 5.20.1 source code release.
  • The 2000 series builds of ActivePerl are not binary compatible with builds in the 1800 or earlier series. Any extensions built using binaries from the ActivePerl 1800 or earlier series will need to be recompiled. Note especially that this applies to PPM packages that may have been built for earlier series of ActivePerl.
  • Significant changes that have occurred since the 5.18 release are documented in perl5200delta. Other minor changes and bugfixes is documented in perl5201delta.
  • Most bundled distributions have been updated to their latest released version from CPAN. Use the ppm list command to check the exact version included in this release.

What is new in version 5.18.1 Build 1800:

  • This build corresponds to the Perl 5.18.1 source code release.
  • The 1800 series builds of ActivePerl are not binary compatible with builds in the 1600 or earlier series. Any extensions built using binaries from the ActivePerl 1600 or earlier series will need to be recompiled. Note especially that this applies to PPM packages that may have been built for earlier series of ActivePerl.
  • The 1800 series builds of ActivePerl use 64 bit integers on platforms that are otherwise 32 bit. The main benefit is that Perl's scalars now can represent larger integers precisely, without turning to float approximations. The $Config{archname} of these builds has grown to include the -64int- segment.
  • All Windows builds are now built with the MinGW compiler.
  • PPM is faster in the common situation where a single repository is configured. The repository state can now be transfered as compressed SQLite database image prepared on the server.
  • The 'ppm upgrade' command now allow the install area to be overridden and will install the specified package even when it's not already present.
  • Running 'sudo ppm ...' now ensures that user files created does not end up owned by root.
  • Significant changes that have occurred since the 5.16 release are documented in perl5180delta. Bugfixes that went in the 5.18.1 release are documented in perl5181delta.
  • Most bundled distributions have been updated to their latest released version from CPAN. Use the ppm list command to check the exact version included in this release.

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