pp -o myprog.exe myprog.pl is only avaliable with the XS version at /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/Compress/Zlib.pm line 9 BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/Compress/Zlib.pm line 9. Compilation failed in require at /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/Archive/Zip.pm line 24. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/Archive/Zip.pm line 24. Compilation failed in require at -e line 406. /usr/opt/perl5/bin/pp: Failed to extract a parl from 'PAR::StrippedPARL::Static' to file 'parls0KcQKK' at /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/PAR/Packer.pm line 1142, line 1.