This section provides a tutorial example of installing Perl Dev Kit from ActiveStat, which contains a tool, perlapp, to convert Perl program into a standalone application.
Since I have ActivePerl from ActiveState installed on my machine, I am going to try Perl Dev Kit (PDK)
from ActiveState. Note that PDK is not a freeware like ActivePerl. But it offers a 21-day trial license.
Here is how I installed PDK on my system:
1. Go to http://www.activestate.com/Products/Perl_Dev_Kit/ and download PDK-Deployment-6.0.1.138990.msi.
The file is about 6 MB.
2. Double click on PDK-Deployment-6.0.1.138990.msi to install it to a directory called: \pdk.
3. To try it, run the perlapp in a command window as:
>\pdk\bin\perlapp -help
You don't seem to have a valid license.
Please purchase a license from http://www.ActiveState.com/PDK
4. Ok, now go back to http://www.activestate.com/Products/Perl_Dev_Kit/ and click the "Try" button.
You need to fill in a form to register yourself for a trial license key.
5. After submitting the form, I got an email with a download link. So I followed the link and downloaded
a file called: T20ABCC9A1-PLDK60T-1466.exe.
6. Double click on T20ABCC9A1-PLDK60T-1466.exe to install the 21-day trial license.
7. Run the perlapp again:
>\pdk\bin\perlapp -help
NAME
perlapp - Convert Perl program into a standalone application
SYNOPSIS
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