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CrystalMethod
08-15-01, 07:51 PM
I'm making the webpage for the company I work for. It will be run on a 2K platform. But, to get some of my CGI scripts to run, I need to install PERL (Active PERL). I installed it on my own system at home, but could not get a command prompt. Any ideas on how I get it to run on WIN platform? According to the documentation, I've installed it correctly, but I still get nothing. It tests itself after the install, and it can execute the test scripts, no problem, but it gives me no way to get to a command prompt. I've never installed it on anything before and have only worked with it already setup on UNIX servers. So I'm not too sure how to go about getting to a command prompt. Any ideas?
PolyPill
08-16-01, 08:22 PM
Are you using perl scripts made for NT? I know you can't use most scripts cross platform. I do all my webpage making in php, not sure if it works on NT.
CrystalMethod
08-17-01, 12:33 AM
"Active Perl" was developed for the the Win platform. FAT32 and NTFS. It's "supposed" to work, but doesn't. It'll see itself, and all it's own files, but thats as far as it goes. As far as I know, there is only one way to install it. Might have gotten a coupt, DL, but I don't think so. I'll try Dl'ing it again and re-installing.
engjohn
08-17-01, 01:17 AM
Larry Wall (the creator of perl) claims that PERL REALLY stands for "Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister"
NOT
Practical Extraction and Report Language... :)

Sorry, I cannot offer anything else...
wastingtape
08-18-01, 05:22 AM
Check the permissions in both NT and the webserver (are you using IIS or Apache?).
ezlor
03-06-02, 01:25 PM
But if it isnt...

After you have perl installed, you just need to get a _normal_ command prompt. Perl doesn't provide its own command line utility (well actually you could code one, and I have, but its really alot of bother) So something like:

%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe

Then you can execute your perl scripts from there.....


BTW -

If you are a unix/linux user and like a robust command line environment on your windows box, I would suggest installing cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com), it really rocks.