OM2 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Can someone advise me on how best to create an executable from a Perl script? I've tried ActiveState: Positives: it's pretty good Negatives: it's costs nearly $300 I've tried the one from IndigoStar: I got a few errors I don't need to be an expert in Perl, I've got one script that I need turning into an exe. So don't really want to spend several hours finding the solution. (Also costs $50 or somewhere close) Best option: CPan's pp - PAR Packager Except: there doesn't seem to be a dummy's get started guide! Just not sure where to start with this - there's instructions on how to execute Unix commands I've seen somewhere where you get a terminal and install - what's the about?? Do I HAVE to get a terminal emulator? Any help would be great Thanks OM Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263670-need-help-creating-an-executable-from-a-perl-script/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoseley Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 A Windows executable? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263670-need-help-creating-an-executable-from-a-perl-script/#findComment-1351272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM2 Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 yes, windows executable i've spent an immense amount of time reading and researching cpans pp packer, i can't figure out the instructions: http://search.cpan.org/~rschupp/PAR-Packer-1.013/lib/pp.pm makes no sense to me! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263670-need-help-creating-an-executable-from-a-perl-script/#findComment-1351343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoseley Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Try pl2exe https://www.google.com/search?q=pl2exe Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263670-need-help-creating-an-executable-from-a-perl-script/#findComment-1351417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM2 Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 just looked can't seem to find a home page for it not being ultra choosy, but i'd rather go with something that is well supported and documented - and which has a home in one of the results, someone was asking "what dll's do i need to include with pl2exe" erm... i just want a standalone with no dependencies let me know if u have any other suggestions thanks omar Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263670-need-help-creating-an-executable-from-a-perl-script/#findComment-1351435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoseley Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 No DLLs needed, iirc. It's just a perl script itself... http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RURBAN/B-C-1.42/script/pl2exe.pl Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263670-need-help-creating-an-executable-from-a-perl-script/#findComment-1351473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM2 Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 i saw it was just a perl script i only scan read through it i was't sure how it therefore came out with a standalone exe? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263670-need-help-creating-an-executable-from-a-perl-script/#findComment-1351524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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