I am trying to install DBD::Oracle using the CPAN shell in Strawberry Perl. I initially experienced an error because the Makefile could not locate an OCI library, so I installed the instant client ...

What would be the easiest way to compile a simple Perl script to an executable under Windows with Strawberry Perl (as I understand it's possible and free)? In the past I've used ActiveState compil...

A coworker is trying to use ack (a Perl program) on his Windows machine, having tried it under Linux and decided he definitely wants to use it. He managed to get Strawberry Perl installed on his ma...

Until now I used ActiveState's ActivePerl, and used the ppm for installing modules. Last week I moved to Strawberry Perl, but I don't know how I should install modules using Strawberry Perl. What ...

I'm trying to use IntelliJ Idea to work on a perl script. I installed the perl plugin for IDEA as well as Strawberry Perl for Windows (10). The syntax highlighting and other features work, but thi...

I am trying to install a Perl module within Strawberry Perl on Windows 7. I'm running the below command and am getting a slew of messages I don't understand. It looks like I am getting 500 er...

I have Strawberry Perl and have msys Perl 5.6 removed. Now perl will invoke Strawberry (due to PATH env) but how do I map the perl command in .pl or other Perl script files which have #!/bin/perl ...

I currently use Strawberry Perl as my primary Perl distribution. However, I have some applications that make Perl calls through cygwin. These generally fail because they are calling the version of ...

I'm totally new to Perl, but I'd like to try it out. I read about two rival distributions available for Windows platform (I guess there's just Perl on other OSes :). Wikipedia says that Stra...

The question How do I upgrade strawberry perl without wiping \perl\site\lib\ and \perl\site\bin\? was asked in 2011 and it appears Strawberry did throw out any CPAN installs the user did whenever w...

I'm trying to build a quick auto-updater in Perl Windows. I've noticed that when I call cpanp to install the update of the package it fails to install a new version of the script because the script...

I've been using my own personal environment that's worked consistently for over 20 years. I started incorporating many perl scripts about 14 years ago. I've been using the same tree of command-line...

I am trying to install wxperl on strawberry. I can't install Alien::wxWidgets. I tried everything I can think of. Usually I get an error like this one: Creating library file: ..\..\src\stc\..\..\....

I am trying to install ZMQ::LibZMQ3 on strawberry perl but get the below error message while installing this module also my zmq libs and includes are found under C:\Program Files\ZeroMQ 3.2.2 : cp...

I followed the top answer here, see below for code to get system memory being used at a given line in my perl code. I'm running Windows 7 Home Basic, 64 bit, 4 GB ram, 4.06 GB Virtual memory (As sp...

I just had some weird behavior from a version of g++ for Windows that I got with Strawberry Perl. It allowed me to omit a return statement. I have a member function that returns a structure consis...

I'm looking for a good guide with sequenced and detailed steps for installing Perl Strawberry, MySQL, and DBD::mysql on Windows XP. The main goal I want to accomplish here is to have the ability to...

How can I change @INC permanently, without changing my scripts, in Strawberry Perl? I'm aware of -I, but don't want to invoke that switch every time.

I try to install Net::Pcap in Windows, but it gives the following error messages: c:\P P> cpan cpan> install Net::Pcap socket.h patched... ok looking for -lwpcap... yes checking for pcap_lib_vers...

I installed the 32 bit version of Strawberry perl(5.14.2.1). I am able to run the perl command. When ever I run the cpan command I get the following error: Can't locate App/Cpan.pm in @INC (@INC c...

I used to delete my ActivePerl once, and all the installed modules were lost. So now I am very careful with this kind of issue. Due to some reason, I want to use Strawberry Perl now, while keeping ...

The win32.perl.org web site provides references to several Perl distributions for MS Windows. For a long time I have been using ActivePerl from ActiveState but recently I switched to Straw...

I replaced ActivePerl with Strawberry Perl on my WinXP last week. I found I must run my Perl script with the command of perl myperl.pl; otherwise I only need run myperl.pl before install Strawberr...

I downloaded the 5.12.3 installer to upgrade my 5.12.1 installation. After installing 5.12.3, my previously installed cpan modules are gone. Is this expected behavior? Should I be backing up my lib...

I like the Vista style for pathing, so on a XP machine I've created NTFS junctions C:\Users -> C:\Documents and Settings and ~\Documents -> ~\My Documents, so that I only ever have to write one sty...