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Perl can be compiled, and test suite is passing (from this commit, should be in version v5.36.0).
CPAN Packages cam can be installed from cpan https://www.cpan.org/
Build/test from Source
See this recipe: https://gitlab.com/Linaro/windowsonarm/packages/perl5/-/blob/master/recipe.sh
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cd C:/ # unzip from C:/ unzip package.zip dir C:/perl/bin/ # add bin folder to PATH set PATH=C:/perl/bin;%PATH% # install a package using cpanm cpanm.bat JSON |
Perl Distributions
On Windows, two Perl distributions are available:
Strawberry: https://strawberryperl.com/
ActivePerl: https://www.activestate.com/products/perl/
Strawberry seems to be most used one. It packages perl, with a compiler (mingw) and precompiled libraries to allow installation of any CPAN package easily.
ActivePerl has its own package system, and most of them are outdated today.
Strawberry WoA port is blocked by availability of MinGW/MSYS: https://github.com/StrawberryPerl/Perl-Dist-Strawberry/issues/28