ActivePerl

ActivePerl provides developers with a pre-compiled Perl distribution package, ready to assist them in building applications dedicated to multiple platforms. Its advantage is that it can be deployed on any machine, regardless of the hosted operating system.

The installation pack bundles setup files for the Perl scripting language (versions 5.16, 5.14, 5.12, 5.10, 5.8, 5.6), alongside a few useful plugins, such as Perl ISAPI (Internet Information Services addin), PerlEx and PerlScript, the latter allowing ActiveX scripting. Aside from the Perl binaries, it includes a collection of popular modules.

The included Perl Package Manager (in short, PPM) is designed to provide access to some of the most used modules, which aim to ease the development process. Some examples include packages dedicated to IIS configuration, distribution relocation, archive extracting and manipulation, attribute handlers defining, sub-routine loading and many more.

In addition to the packages that are available by default, Perl Package Manager enables you to search Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, an extended and diverse library of third-party Perl modules that brings together numerous distributions ready to enrich the power of the Perl language and meet the requirements and needs of every developer.

ActivePerl provides users with rich documentation that can help them learn about the syntax, variables, expressions and routines, as well as intelligible examples to offer a better understanding of Perl's capabilities.

ActivePerl is dedicated to programmers who like working with Perl, aiming to improve productivity. It provides ready-to-install packages for Windows and other systems, namely Mac OS X, Linux, HP-UX, Solaris and AIX.