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Deploy Perl app under Windows

by rmflow (Beadle)
on Dec 11, 2009 at 08:02 UTC ( [id://812339]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

rmflow has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have written a small app in perl for windows which uses Perl/Tk, sqlite database access and several other modules. Now I want to share my little program with my friend. Is there a quick way to do it? Or my friend will have to install Perl, install all necessary modules and only then use it (he does not even know what Perl is)

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Re: Deploy Perl app under Windows
by holli (Abbot) on Dec 11, 2009 at 08:51 UTC
    see pp.


    holli

    You can lead your users to water, but alas, you cannot drown them.
Re: Deploy Perl app under Windows
by mykl (Monk) on Dec 11, 2009 at 12:23 UTC
Re: Deploy Perl app under Windows
by xiaoyafeng (Deacon) on Dec 11, 2009 at 09:12 UTC
    besides pp, you also could consider active perl


    I am trying to improve my English skills, if you see a mistake please feel free to reply or /msg me a correction

      More on this: you might want to use PerlApp from PDK.

      Here is an example of a Perl/Tk app I wrote, which runs on Windows under active perl: http://www.lightandmatter.com/ogr/ogr.html The pdf file containing the documentation gives (possibly out of date) instructions for installing it on Windows, on p. 2. The install_win.pl script packaged with the software installs the necessary activestate modules for the user.

      That system worked okay, but it was kind of a pain. I've had my eyes peeled to see if anything better would come along for Windows users, but haven't found it yet. Here are some people's comments on versions of perl for Windows: http://stackoverflow.com/feeds/question/71513

      I would suggest trying both strawberry perl and activestate and seeing which one suits your needs better.

Re: Deploy Perl app under Windows
by superfrink (Curate) on Dec 11, 2009 at 19:25 UTC
    I second using pp. I wrote a tutorial for windows a while ago.
Re: Deploy Perl app under Windows
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 11, 2009 at 21:16 UTC
    try camelbox par and indigo perl2exe good luck
      Camelbox comes packaged with perl-gtk, but not Perl/Tk (last time I checked).
        Camelbox contains both Tk and Gtk. Moreover, that Tk distribution is weird: it don't use native Windows file dialog and color chooser.

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