How do I setup Perl on A Web Server? New to this...

[gbuhler]

Could somebody kind of guide me through this? It's my first time actually setting up the webserver. Here's a few questions:

What is the software called?
How Much does it cost?
Can it be downloaded?
Is all Perl server software different?
What exactly do I need for software?

I went to ActiveState and am a little confused... it says that I can download a 12MB version or for $39.95 US I can buy a 3 cd set????

Help would be great. I would like to set it up on Win XP Pro IIS for an internal network application. Thanks,

Glen

[gbuhler]

Any suggestions?

[tony873004]

I did it on my Win 98 system a few years ago. I think I got it for free of the disk that came with Perl for Dummys, but if it wasn't there, I'm sure I didn't pay for it. You also have to have server software on your computer even if you're just serving your pages to yourself. At least I did.

[Roy Sinclair]

Go back to ActiveState and download the 12mb free version of Perl they offer. It's installer will do all the work and is rather straight forward. It works fine, I've been using the various releases of it for years on a series of servers.

Your cost so far should remain at zero (not counting the time this will take).

[dswimboy]

hey, you should really check out the thread http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?t=3992

it includes a package to install the apache webserver, perl, php, and mysql. you may not need php or mysql, but you may eventually. php and perl are similar, mysql is a database.