Re: Replicate Perl setup (Building and Installing Perl References)

See here for one primitive way to do this type of thing. Valuing reliability and lower support costs over flexibility, we installed our version of Perl, along with our stable set of CPAN modules, on many different customer machines -- without affecting other versions of Perl that may be installed on their system, and without requiring root permissions.

BTW, my manager back then had previously worked at Microsoft, where a broken build cut onto millions of CDs was a total disaster ... their build team became paranoid, going to incredible lengths to avoid breaking the build; they'd even experienced cases where simply installing an OS patch broke their build! ... so their build machines were quarantined from the network, with only the build team allowed to touch them.

Reference

Re: putting perl and modules in your source code repository by me (2009)

References Added Later

Re: Prefer Pure Perl Core Modules by Fletch (2021) - warns if you're doing anything serious with Perl you DO NOT want to use the OS system perl as that way lies much pain, much better to build your own perl
Re^2: Trouble with MCPAN by stevieb (2024) - highly recommends using a perlbrew perl for your own tasks, leaving the system perl alone

Like Fletch and stevieb, I strongly prefer to leave the system perl alone, instead building my own perl (as non-root) that I can safely control, and experiment with, and install CPAN modules to, without risking breaking my Unix system. Conversely, Fletch notes that relying on the system perl couples you tightly to the OS' upgrade schedule, for both the language and CPAN modules ... so a "harmless" OS upgrade can potentially break your mission-critical systems, if they are using the system perl.

Re^2: Replicate Perl setup by Fletch replying to Replicate Perl setup by nikosv (2021)

Re: Debugger issue solved (two years ago) by me (2024) - interesting replies from hippo, haj and talexb
Rebuild older perl without libnsl? by cniggeler (2024) - useful reply from Fletch using ldd and strace for troubleshooting

os upgrade breaks cgi by schwende (2024) - dealing with a cgi script that broke after an os upgrade (the person who wrote the script has left); rhel 6.10 server, os upgraded perl from 5.10.x to 5.26.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (wikipedia)

CGI.pm on AIX 7.2 by anonymonk (2023) - cgi web app running on AIX 6.1; upgrade to AIX 7.2 (oops CGI.pm no longer exists)
Re^4: Storable - File empties itself? by feumw (2023) (we're still running Solaris on this specific Server which makes everything about Perl-Modules a nightmare)
Re: Meaning of XS object version by cavac (running Redhat system Perl is a bad idea for anything NOT maintained by the Linux Distribution itself)
Meaning of XS object version by regalbraith (2023) (attempting to install Bugzilla on Perl v5.16.3 on Red Hat GNU/Linux 7.9)

Out-of-the box Perl version - lowest common denominator by kcott (2021) - currently coding to perl v5.16.0 as a minimum version: our clients are expected to have this version available to be able to run our software
Re: Out-of-the box Perl version - lowest common denominator by me (2021)
Re: Perl startup and excessive "stat" use on module load by me (2020)

How do you distribute your Perl application to your customers? by kg (2010) - kg's customer uses Windows and has no Perl distribution installed

Unix shell versus Perl by me (2008) - Perl scripts preferred to a motley mix of Unix shell and Windows .BAT scripts
Howto Bundle Perl by jameslose (2009) - asks for advice on bundling Solaris perl with a software product that depends on it
Re: Howto Bundle Perl (Unix shell wrapper) by me (2009)
putting perl and modules in your source code repository by perl5ever (2009)
Linux-version of Strawberry Perl's portable install (was: Portable Perl?) by wilsond (2009)
Re: Portable Perl? by me (2009)

Re: Re: Installing (lotsa) modules by Fletch (2001) (see much later (2021!) reply by Bod)

DBD::Oracle throwing below error by mendeepak (2023) (problem building DBD::Oracle on Linux, can't find Oracle.so)

Re: Meaning of XS object version by ikegami (module it finds is in Template-Toolkit 2.24, associated DLL is in Template-Toolkit 3.101, an "interesting" @INC)
Re^4: Meaning of XS object version by me

How do you run Perl on _your_ system? by silent11 (2022)
Re: How do you run Perl on _your_ system? by kcott (2022) - On Windows: Cygwin on Win10 - Perlbrew
RFC: A guide to installing modules for Win32 (2022 Edition) by pryt (2022)

Prefer Pure Perl Core Modules by Lietz (2021)

Windows precompiled binaries or DIY compile by ObiPanda (2023) - using Strawberry vs building your own perl on Windows
How do I install a Perl module? by harangzsolt33 (2023) - seeking advice on installing Perl on Ubuntu Linux
Re^5: Size of Judy::HS array: where is MemUsed()? - perldelta, Perl Releases and Building Perl by me (2023)
Re^4: catch die from say (Building your own Perl) by me (2024) - replying to PierreForget

Re: Trouble with MCPAN by marto (1 Apr 2024) - mentions CPAN Mirror Network, recommends cpanm command

Debugger issue solved (two years ago) by talexb (2024) - interesting responses from hippo (if paranoid about system perl updates breaking your app, go the whole hog and containerise your perl and applications) and haj (Ubuntu Perl does apply CVE-related patches)

Homebrew (package manager) (wikipedia) - Homebrew (written in Ruby) is a free and open-source software package management system that simplifies the installation of software on Apple's macOS, as well as Linux

object version does not match by anonymonk (2024) - weird build problems on Apple's recent macOS Sonoma, troubleshooting replies from syphilis, hippo, etj
Why does Apple Mac ship with TWO versions of Perl?? by anonymonk (2024) - with response from tonyc
Perl installation on Ubuntu and/or Mac OS by merrymonk (2024) - a PC user, not a programmer, wants to use a program (needs Perl5 and Tk) on Ubuntu and/or macOS
Portable Perl Install by anonymonk (2024) - installed perl v5.40 as a portable instance on a shared NFS drive; works on server installed, core dumps on other servers sharing the drive
Don't Touch The System Perl - revisited by karlgoethebier (2025) - example using NixOS

Examples of installing a custom Perl:

From Re: Perl installation on Ubuntu and/or Mac OS by ikegami, to install the system Perl and Tk on Ubuntu:

sudo apt install perl perl-tk

See APT (software) (wikipedia) and apt (Advanced Packaging Tool) at Ubuntu package management (and this node which uses the apt-get command) for more details.

You could also install your own Perl using perlbrew (see App::perlbrew):

curl -L https://install.perlbrew.pl | bash
perlbrew install 5.40.0
cpan Tk
[download]

Building Perl Securely

How do I locally host a CPAN repository on an air-gapped server ? by mvanle (2024) - replies mention CPAN::Mini, CPAN::Mini::Inject, Pinto
Air gap (networking) (wikipedia)

Examples of building Perl securely from source:

CPAN and Package Manager Security References by me (2023) - includes a detailed example of securely building perl v5.38.0 from source on Ubuntu
Re^2: THREE new perl releases [Updated releases!] - build perl v5.38.2 from source - follow on, securely building perl v5.38.2 and installing CPAN modules with cpanm

Windows and Strawberry Perl

Strawberry Perl (wikipedia)
Mingw-w64 (wikipedia) - gcc-based C/C++ compiler used by Strawberry Perl (Note: MSYS2 ("minimal system 2") is a software distribution and a development platform for Microsoft Windows, based on Mingw-w64 and Cygwin ... MSYS2 and its bash environment is used by Git)
Cygwin (wikipedia) - a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows (uses cross-compilers from Mingw-w64 project)
Strawberry Perl (official site)
Strawberry Perl (github)

Strawberry perl on Win 2016 by beckmanel (Aug 2023)
ActivePerl to Strawberry Perl by orient_pearl (Jun 2023)
Running Perl Strawberry on Windows via Jupyter Notebook by programmingzeal (Mar 2023)
When might we see new releases of Strawberry Perl on Windows by PUCKERING (Mar 2023)
Newest Perl on Win without ActiveState or Strawberry by LanX (Jan 2023)
strawberry perl updates by BernieC (Nov 2022)
Strawberry Version by ephemeralx (Sep 2022)
Strawberry Perl can't find a module installed at a non-standard location by LittleJack (Aug 2022)

Perl XAMPP DB Connect issue (Windows/Strawberry?) by Polyglot (Dec 2022)
Re^3: Perl XAMPP DB Connect issue (Windows/Strawberry?) - Perl on Windows/WSL References - my reply
XAMPP (wikipedia)

what is difference between dmake and mingw32-make?[OT] by xiaoyafeng (2009)
dmake warning question by hsmyers (2011)
A question and an observation about dmake by hsmyers (2011)
dmake installation by xeqtr (2013)
Re^10: Errors While Installing Image::Magick by syphilis to roho (2024) - dmake vs gmake when building Strawberry Perl (dmake works)
dmake 4.11 manpage

Re: Windows precompiled binaries or DIY compile by syphilis (Sep 2023) : Perl 5.38.0 builds easily on Windows, and "straight out of the box" - using either Visual Studio 2022 or mingw-w64 ports of gcc-12 or gcc-13
WinLibs standalone build of GCC and MinGW-w64 for Windows : winlibs.com - a free C and C++ compiler for Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition

berrybrew (github) by stevieb - perlbrew for Windows Strawberry Perl
berrybrew version 1.36 released! by stevieb (2021)
berrybrew can now use 5.36 and 5.38 by stevieb (2023)
berrybrew version 1.40 released by stevieb (2023)
Re^2: Windows precompiled binaries or DIY compile by stevieb (2023) - using berrybrew to build Strawberry for perl 5.38

Tk in Strawberry on W10 by gsd4me (Mar 2024)

Portable Perl

How can I create a portable perl? (SO)

Historic Perl

Re: Obtaining old versions of Perl -- Perl 1.0

On CPAN

Perl::Dist::APPerl - Actually Portable Perl (APPerl) is a distribution of Perl the runs on several x86_64 operating systems via the same binary. It builds to a single binary with perl modules packed inside of it.
Portable - Perl on a Stick (by Adam Kennedy, unfinished)

PM Nodes

Changing Perl Config settings by Bloodrage (2008)
Changing Perl compile-time configuration settings by Bloodrage (2008)
RFC: Perl-onna-Stick by Bloodrage (2008)

Platform-Specific perldoc Notes

Containerization

See: Cloud/Virtualization/Container References section at Re: "Magic tools" that take the fun away (Releng/DevOps/Cloud/Virtualization/Container/Server References)

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