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ActivePerl 5.6.0.613 -- Release Notes |
Welcome, and thanks for downloading ActivePerl 5.6. This release corresponds to Perl version 5.6.0.
Binaries for the following platforms are available:
ActivePerl can be easily installed in each platform's native format.
% rpm -i ActivePerl-5.6.0.613-1.i386.rpm
This package has only been tested with RedHat 6.0, but is expected to be compatible with other RedHat 6.0 compatible installations as well, including RedHat 6.1 installations.
% dpkg -i ActivePerl-5.6.0.613.deb
This package has only been tested with Debian 2.1, but is expected to be compatible with other Debian 2.1 compatible installations as well.
The Solaris package is in pkgadd format. This should be installed as root, using the following commands:
% gunzip ActivePerl-sol26-5.6.0.gz
% pkgadd -d ActivePerl-sol26-5.6.0
This package has only been tested with Solaris 2.6, but is expected to be compatible with other Solaris 2.6 compatible installations as well, including Solaris 2.7.
Download the distribution to a temporary directory, extract the files, chdir to the ActivePerl directory and then run the script `install.sh'. The installation script will prompt you for the target installation directory.
% tar zxf ActivePerl-5.6.0.613.tar.gz
% cd ActivePerl-5.6.0.613
% ./install.sh
The Windows package is in Microsoft Windows Installer format. On Windows NT and Windows9x, you may need to download and install the MSI support package in order to begin the install process. Windows 2000 users do not need any additional software to install the package.
Before you can install ActivePerl, Windows NT users will need to download and install Windows Installer 1.1 from:
http://www.ActiveState.com/download/contrib/Microsoft/NT/InstMsi.exe
http://www.ActiveState.com/download/contrib/Microsoft/9x/InstMsi.exe
If you are installing Perl on behalf of other users, we recommend running the installer with administrative privileges. Running without administrative privileges has the following limitations:
NOTE: DO NOT launch the installation package from a directory for which the `System' account does not have read permission. If you do, the Windows Installer Service will not be able to access the MSI file in order to perform the installation. You may get an error message to this effect or it may fail mysteriously.
The Red Hat, Debian and Sun packages are installed into the /usr/local/perl-5.6 directory. Add /usr/local/perl-5.6/bin directory to your PATH environment variable to conveniently access it. For example, in the C shell:
% setenv PATH /usr/local/perl-5.6/bin:$PATH
The Generic ActivePerl installer allows you to install the package anywhere that the user has write permission. Add the bin directory to your PATH environment variable to conveniently access it. For example, in the C shell (assuming you installed into /home/larry/perl-5.6):
% setenv PATH /home/larry/perl-5.6/bin:$PATH
On Windows, the installer allows the package to be installed anywhere. We recommend not installing over an existing Perl installation.
A definitive summary of platform-independent changes and known issues in this release is available in the perldelta manpage and in the CHANGES log that comes with the ActivePerl distribution.
Platform-specific issues in ActivePerl are listed below.
You can download a self extracting executable that contains `MSVCRT.DLL' from:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/msvcrt.exe
Save the file in a temporary directory and double click on it to extract the files. Follow the instructions in the `ReadMe.txt' file contained in the package in order to install the missing file.
The Perl distribution comes with extensive documentation. On Unix platforms, all the standard documentation is installed as man pages under the Perl install location. The location of the man pages may need to be added to the MANPATH environment variable in order to access them. For example, in the C shell:
% setenv MANPATH /usr/local/perl-5.6/man:$MANPATH
The documentation is installed in HTML format on all platforms. If ActivePerl was installed in /usr/local/perl-5.6 then the HTML documentation would be located in /usr/local/perl-5.6/html.
On Windows, the standard documentation along with Windows-specific Perl documentation is installed in HTML format, and is accessible from the ``Start'' menu.
Updated versions of the HTML documentation will always be available at the ActiveState website:
http://www.ActiveState.com/ActivePerl/
Please report any problems you encounter with this release at the following location:
http://bugs.ActiveState.com/ActivePerl/
If you do not have web access, reports can be also sent via email to ActivePerl-Bugs@ActiveState.com. Please be sure to include detailed information about the platform in your message.
As far as possible, please ensure that there is enough information in the report to reproduce the bug elsewhere. It also helps to submit a minimal test case that exhibits the bug.
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ActivePerl 5.6.0.613 -- Release Notes |