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Perl Download and Installation
Explains how to download and install Perl on Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX.
Installation of Perl on Windows
Let's install Perl on Windows. I explain the way to use Strawberry Perl, ActivePerl, and msys2.
Installation of Strawberry Perl
Strawberry Perl is one of the Perl distributions on Windows. Strawberry Perl is easy to install and has the C language compiler MinGW and a CPAN module installer cpanm and often used C libraries.
Installation of Strawberry Perl on Windows
Installation of ActivePerl
ActivePerl is also a Perl distributions on Windows.
Installation of ActivePerl on Windows
Installation of msys2 and Perl
msys2 is a software to build a Linux-like environment on Windows.
Some of IPC don't work well on Windows Perl distributions, but all IPC work well on msys2.
For example, the development server of Mojolicious works well on msys2.
Installation of msys2 and Perl
Installation of WSL 2 and Perl
WSL 2 is Windows Subsystem for Linux. You can install Linux on Windows using WSL 2. And you can use Perl.
Installation Perl on Mac
Perl is installed by default on Mac. you can start using Perl right away.
You can also install the latest Perl on your Mac.
Installation of Perl on Linux/UNIX
Perl is widely installed on Linux/UNIX by default.
If not, You can install the latest Perl on your Linux/UNIX.
