Can I Use Perl Offline?

[Omari]

I want to run my Perl scripts while offline... Can I do that? I have Apache and Perl both installed and working but I need to run my Perl scripts while im offline.

 

[Koolguy]

You can execute perl scripts straight from the command line o if you have perl installed.

 

[Omari]

i mean i want to be able to open like a forum in my browser to test it out, or a topsites or somthing.

 

[melz]

yeah, u can.

just make sure the scripts are installed properly.
then call it from your browser:
http://localhost/cgi-bin/forum.cgi
or whatever.

melz.

 

[Epgs]

i don't think

Can you do that in windows. Or is it just linux (which is the best)

 

[Koolguy]

It works in windows

 

[Nick]

Be sure to set the path to c:/perl/perl.exe so it will work correctly though.

 

[sparkfan12]

Hi. I downloaded ActivePerl and Apache for windows. Now what do I do? Thanx

 

[Technics]

have you installed them ?.

 

[sparkfan12]

yeah

 

[Technics]

Well setup a script . If your not sure of the path to perl on your machine goto http://www.e-scripts.com and download there freeware path finder. And then get on with making or customising your scripts .

 

[sparkfan12]

do I need to set up anything in apache or perl???

 

[Technics]

when u installed them that should of automatically configured them it did on my machine anyways.

 

[sparkfan12]

I end up with the perl source code. I changed the path to perl to C:\Perl\Bin\Perl.exe (thats what it is) and I'm using http://localhost/scriptname.cgi and I get the code. Is there anything I need to configure in apache?

 

[Technics]

Nope. It should automatically configure its self but if it does say something needs changing pots whatever is needed and i'll try help you sort it out .

 

[sparkfan12]

no errors or anything. Just what you would see if you opened the script in notepad

 

[melz]

If you want things to work "out-of-box", try IndigoPerl. IndigoPerl is a binary build of Perl 5.6 for Win32 with an integrated Apache webserver for testing and developing CGI scripts. It also includes a browser based GUI Package Manager for installing pre-built binary packages from repositories. The package manager can also be used to build and install CPAN source modules.

Best of all, it has DBI modules compiled so you can integrate with mysql (if you have it installed).

Oh yeah, the url: http://www.indigostar.com/indigoperl.htm

Hope this helps.

 

[sparkfan12]

thanx

cool. indigo perl worked

 

[Technics]

The first one should off too ... all you had todo was type in the url to the script http://127.1.0.0/cgi-bin/yourscript.pl ..... and it would work.