Perl
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Perl is a general purpose scripting language.
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Perl under UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X
Perl is installed on all unix machines by default. If you need a particular module installed globally, please alert the help desk. We recommend using perl for parsing text databases, and general purpose scripting. Programming help is available.
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CPAN
To install a module via CPAN:
- type: perl -MCPAN -e shell
- Follow the default dialogs, at the mirror selections stage, select the closest mirror.
- At the cpan prompt, type: install <module
- Where <modules>, enter your desired module.
- Example: install LWP
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Perl under Windows
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ActiveState Perl
- ActiveState Perl download site
Our suggestion is to download version 5.8.
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Perl Package Manager (PPM)
To install modules under the windows version:
- Open a command prompt windows
- Type ppm
- Next, type: install <module>
- Where <module>, your desired module
- Example: install WWW::Mechanize
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