Programming

ActivePerl is a Perl implementation for a range of operating systems provided free of charge by ActiveState. It can be run on servers or on local machines.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.activestate.com
Operating system: Linux (Debian).
Requires: x86 architecture only, libc-2.1.x.

Install instructions

		Linux

ActivePerl is a Perl implementation for a range of operating systems provided free of charge by ActiveState. It can be run on servers or on local machines.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.activestate.com
Operating system: Linux (TAR).
Requires: x86 architecture only, libc-2.1.x

Install instructions

		Linux

ActivePerl is a Perl implementation for a range of operating systems provided free of charge by ActiveState. It can be run on servers or on local machines.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.activestate.com
Operating system: Linux (RPM).
Requires: x86 architecture only, libc-2.1.x.

Install instructions

		Linux

ActivePerl is a Perl implementation for a range of operating systems provided free of charge by ActiveState. It can be run on servers or on local machines.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.activestate.com
Operating system: Windows 95b/98/98SE/Me/NT4/2000, XP.
Requires:

Install instructions: If you are using Windows 95, 98 or ME, you will need to use the Windows Installer to install this MSI file. Windows NT4 requires SP5, and Windows 95 also requires DCOM, which can be installed below.

		Windows

DCOM95 1.3 extends the support for Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) for Microsoft Windows 95. The DCOM wire protocol transparently provides support for reliable, secure and efficient communication between COM components such as ActiveX controls, scripts and Java applets residing on different machines in a LAN, a WAN or on the Internet. With DCOM, your application can be distributed across locations that make the most sense to you and to the application.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom95/dcom1_3.asp
Operating system: Windows 95.
Requires:

Install instructions: Install only if you are running Windows 95

		Windows

The Hello World script to accompany this month's Perl column in workshop

Licence: N/A.
Online: N/A.
Operating system: Perl.
Requires: Perl.

Install instructions

		Perl

The Windows Installer adds support for MSI files for Windows versions prior to Windows 2000.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.microsoft.com/com/resources/downloads.asp
Operating system: Windows 95b/98/98SE/Me/NT4.
Requires:

Install instructions: Install before using the MSI file.

		Windows