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ActivePerl is the industry-standard Perl distribution, available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX. Developers worldwide rely on ActivePerl's completeness and ease-of-use, while corporate users protect their infrastructure and stay competitive with quality-assured ActivePerl Business Solutions.

ActivePerl is maintained on two tracks to support users who have moved to Perl 5.10, as well as those still using Perl 5.8.

Complete ActivePerl Package

  • Perl
  • Perl Package Manager
  • Installers
  • Complete online documentation

ActivePerl 5.10.0

Latest release: ActivePerl 5.10.0.1006

New in ActivePerl 5.10.0.1006:
  • 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 release notes.

  • ActivePerl 5.10 Highlights

ActivePerl 5.8.9.826

Latest release: ActivePerl 5.8.9.826, based on Perl 5.8.9

New in ActivePerl 5.8.9.826
  • 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 release notes.

  • ActivePerl 5.8 Highlights
  • Modules
  • Windows 2003
  • Large file access support
  • PPM
  • Unicode support