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Is is possible to compile perl code ?
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Compiling Perl
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Is is possible to compile perl code ?
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I want to be clear. I want to be able to compile perl written on a Solaris box into an executable able to run on under unix.
There are some compilers out there... three I can name off the top of my head:
perl2exe (converts it to a .exe file) - Win32 only afaik
PAR (search CPAN for "PAR")
PerlApp (ActiveState Perl Dev Kit--not a free program) - this is the one I use, afaik it can compile for any OS, but you must compile it on that OS)
PerlBin (perlbin.sourceforge.net) - I never had much success with this one.
The thing with compiling though is, I don't think you can compile a program (in any language, for that matter) to run on an operating system that is different than the one you are compiling it on. I don't know offhand what Solaris is, but if it isn't compatible with Unix, you'll have to compile Perl on the Unix box to make it run on Unix, but a script compiled on Unix would then not run on any other operating system that isn't compatible with it.
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perl2exe (converts it to a .exe file) - Win32 only afaik
PAR (search CPAN for "PAR")
PerlApp (ActiveState Perl Dev Kit--not a free program) - this is the one I use, afaik it can compile for any OS, but you must compile it on that OS)
PerlBin (perlbin.sourceforge.net) - I never had much success with this one.
The thing with compiling though is, I don't think you can compile a program (in any language, for that matter) to run on an operating system that is different than the one you are compiling it on. I don't know offhand what Solaris is, but if it isn't compatible with Unix, you'll have to compile Perl on the Unix box to make it run on Unix, but a script compiled on Unix would then not run on any other operating system that isn't compatible with it.
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I have been able to compile perl scripts for Unix HP using perl2exe, running it from my Windows machine.
perl version 5.6.1 windows, Perl2Exe V6.00
From dos cmd:
perl2exe -platform=HP-UX -o=executablename scriptname.pl
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perl version 5.6.1 windows, Perl2Exe V6.00
From dos cmd:
perl2exe -platform=HP-UX -o=executablename scriptname.pl
dmazzini
GSM System and Telecomm Consultant
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