Re: How to make EXE file for Windows cmd window

[afoken]

Can I make a windows CLI exe file on Ubuntu perl?

In the way that you want? No.

Of course, you could write out bytes that represent a windows executable, from almost any version of perl running on almost any operating system.

But wrapping a perl script, its requirements, and a perl interpreter into a Windows executable will most likely work only on Windows (simply because you neither have a windows based Perl interpreter on Ubuntu, nor you have the required compiler to compile XS modules for Windows). And even there, it's a bad idea. Better bundle perl (e.g. Strawberry) and your script and install that using an installer package like InnoSetup.

Alexander

[bulrush]

But wrapping a perl script, its requirements, and a perl interpreter into a Windows executable will most likely work only on Windows

I don't care on what OS the EXE is made on, I just need to make an EXE that works on Windows only. My problem, is so far, no Perl for Windows can make an EXE for me yet, for various reasons explained above.