[Kc] pc perl droplet

djgoku djgoku at gmail.com
Tue Dec 12 22:16:58 PST 2006


On 12/12/06, djgoku <djgoku at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/12/06, JYOUNG79 at kc.rr.com <JYOUNG79 at kc.rr.com> wrote:
> > I really appreciate everyone's input on this!  I've been looking into a
> > few of these and am still a bit lost (for example, I downloaded a free
> > version of ActiveState and installed it but can't figure out how the
> > heck to use it or create a droplet with it.  I'm assuming I need to
> > purchase software for it to work like I'm wanting?).  If it's cool I'd
> > like to ask some questions about this stuff at the meeting tonight.

ActiveState Perl on a Mac is a bit weird.

For PPM on the Mac:

Open Terminal -> and type ppm you should get something like this:
$ ppm
-bash: ppm: command not found

# Now try PPM after the below command
$ export PATH=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/bin:$PATH

YAY!

Some linkage:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePerl/5.8/install.html#os%20x%20prerequisites


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