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ActivePerl for Mission-Critical Applications to Open Source Projects

ActivePerl is the industry-standard, commercial-grade Perl distribution used by millions of developers around the world for easy Perl installation and quality-assured code. ActivePerl comes pre-compiled for out-of-the-box installation and includes core Perl binaries, popular modules, the Perl Package Manager (PPM) and complete documentation. Whether you're using Perl for mission-critical applications or open source projects, ActivePerl offers significant time savings over open source Perl for installing, removing, upgrading, and managing common Perl modules.

ActivePerl comes in different editions to satisfy the spectrum of users - from large enterprises running Perl on distributed or critical applications to community developers building open source applications.

Find out which ActivePerl edition fits your needs.

ActivePerl Features:

Full binary distributions of core Perl 5.12, Perl 5.10 and 5.8

Perl Package Manager (PPM) for:

  • Installing, removing, upgrading, and managing the use of common Perl modules
  • Simpler management of local modules, installed from the ActiveState online repository of compiled CPAN modules
  • Time and effort savings

Perl Modules

  • Over 10,000 additional modules available

Installers for simple setup across platforms:

Latest releases: ActivePerl 5.12, ActivePerl 5.10 and ActivePerl 5.8

What's New in ActivePerl 5.12 (Latest release: 5.12.1.1201)

  • First release of Perl 5.12.1
  • y2038 compliance
  • Unicode improvements
  • Support for pluggable keywords
  • For a complete list of changes, see the ActivePerl 5.12 release notes.

What's New in ActivePerl 5.10 (Latest release 5.10.1.1007)

  • PPM scans .packlist files newer than the corresponding PPM database for that install area
  • On 32-bit Windows CPAN shell automatically downloads and installs the MinGW GCC compiler
  • Modules shipped as part of core Perl now included in PPM database
  • Bundled modules updated to latest version
  • Security fixes
  • For a complete list of changes, see the ActivePerl 5.10 release notes.

What's New in ActivePerl 5.8 based on Perl 5.8.9 (Latest release 5.8.9.827)

  • OpenSSL security fixes
  • -p filetest implemented on Windows
  • PerlEx no longer pretends to be mod_perl
  • Potential memory corruption in Perl for ISAPI fixed
  • Bundled modules updated to latest version
  • For a complete list of changes, see the ActivePerl 5.8 release notes.

System Requirements

General

  • Recommended 90MB hard disk space for typical install
  • Web browser for online help

Windows

  • x86 or x64 architecture
  • Windows XP or later

Mac

  • PowerPC or x86 architecture
  • Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" or later

Linux

  • x86 or x86_64 architecture
  • glibc-2.3+ (e.g. Red Hat 9+, Oracle Enterprise Linux 4+)

Solaris - Only in ActivePerl Business, Enterprise, and OEM Editions

  • SPARC: Minimum Solaris 2.8
  • x64/x86: Minimum Solaris 10
  • You must use GNU tar to unpack the ActiveState Installer Package

AIX - Only in ActivePerl Business Enterprise, and OEM Editions

  • PowerPC
  • Minimum AIX 5.1

HP-UX - Only in ActivePerl Business, Enterprise, and OEM Editions