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Perl runs on over 100 platforms!

We recommend that you always run the latest stable version, currently 5.42.0. If you're running a version older than 5.8.3, you may find that the latest version of CPAN modules will not work.

Unix/Linux

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macOS

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Windows

Strawberry Perl & ActiveState Perl

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Unix

Running Linux, Solaris, AIX, HPUX, or any other UNIX-like system?

Binaries

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You probably already have perl installed. Type perl -v on a command line to find out which version.
ActiveState Perl has binary distributions of Perl for many platforms. This is the simplest way to install the latest version of Perl.
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Source

Consider looking at App::perlbrew to help compile and manage Perl from source.

Find out more about the source code, development versions as well as current releases of the Perl source code.

Latest under development source code

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Mac OS X

Binaries

Already Installed

Mac OS X already has Perl installed. Open a Terminal application (in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder) and run perl -v to find out which version.

ActiveState Perl has binary distributions of Perl for Mac OS X. This is the simplest way to install the latest version of Perl.

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Source

Consider looking at App::perlbrew to help compile and manage Perl from source.

Find out more about the source code, development versions as well as current releases of the Perl source code.

Latest under development source code

Download Latest Stable Source (5.42.0)

Windows

Windows does not have Perl installed by default.

Binaries

ActiveState Perl ActiveState offers both a free community version and a commercially supported binary distribution of Perl for Win32 and Perl for Win64.

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Strawberry Perl: A 100% Open Source Perl for Windows that is exactly the same as Perl everywhere else; this includes using modules from CPAN, without the need for binary packages. Help is available from other Windows Perl developers on the #win32 irc channel on irc.perl.org (see website for access through a browser).

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Source

Consider looking at App::perlbrew to help compile and manage Perl from source.

Find out more about the source code, development versions as well as current releases of the Perl source code.

Latest under development source code

Download Latest Stable Source (5.42.0)

Learning Perl

learn.perl.org has many resources to help you get started, also contact others in the Perl Community to find out more and get help.

Commercial Support

ActiveState offers commercial support for Perl.

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