How install multiple version of perl

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Re: How install multiple version of perl by swl (Parson) on Mar 31, 2020 at 07:17 UTC
See perlbrew or, if on Windows, berrybrew. Their respective manuals instruct how to switch between versions. Edit - although berrybrew can only provide versions for which Strawberry Perl was released.	[reply]
Re^2: How install multiple version of perl by haukex (Archbishop) on Mar 31, 2020 at 07:20 UTC
I believe the current maintainer is stevieb: https://github.com/stevieb9/berrybrew	[reply]
Re^3: How install multiple version of perl by swl (Parson) on Apr 01, 2020 at 03:38 UTC
That's correct. My, perhaps out of date, understanding was that the original repo was still used. It has commits on master up to v1.30, and the installer link points to stevieb's repo. stevieb can of course advise.	[reply]
Re^4: How install multiple version of perl by stevieb (Canon) on Apr 01, 2020 at 15:19 UTC
Re^5: How install multiple version of perl by swl (Parson) on Apr 01, 2020 at 20:58 UTC
Re^2: How install multiple version of perl by maria80e (Novice) on Mar 31, 2020 at 09:36 UTC
But I AM using Active Perl	[reply]
Re^3: How install multiple version of perl by pryrt (Abbot) on Mar 31, 2020 at 14:12 UTC
As of berrybrew v1.26 (and newer), you can use `berrybrew virtual` to register an Active State installation to be controllable by berrybrew as well.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: How install multiple version of perl by swl (Parson) on Apr 01, 2020 at 03:47 UTC
Re^5: How install multiple version of perl by stevieb (Canon) on Apr 01, 2020 at 15:16 UTC
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Re^3: How install multiple version of perl by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 31, 2020 at 10:20 UTC
If you are working with Perl on Windows, make life easier on yourself and switch to Strawberry.	[reply]
Re^3: How install multiple version of perl by haukex (Archbishop) on Mar 31, 2020 at 09:41 UTC
What's preventing you from switching?	[reply]
Re: How install multiple version of perl by Discipulus (Canon) on Mar 31, 2020 at 09:07 UTC
Hello maria80e, in addition to what already said, you can simply use portable versions of StrawberryPerl. These versions ship with a portableshell.bat launcher wich avoids collision with other perl versions eventually present in the system (by simply prepending itself in `PATH` with `set PATH=%~dp0perl\site\bin;%~dp0perl\bin;%~dp0c\bin;%PATH%` ). L* There are no rules, there are no thumbs.. Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: How install multiple version of perl by kcott (Archbishop) on Apr 01, 2020 at 03:21 UTC
G'day maria80e, To answer your first question: yes, this is entirely possible. I'm running Win10 and currently have five Perls installed: ActivePerl 5.16.3; Strawberry Perl 5.26.3 and 5.30.0; Git Bash Perl 5.26.2; and, Cygwin Perl 5.30.0. I recently ran into some issues installing a second Strawberry Perl (the 5.26.3 one). I asked about that here: "Strawberry Perl - installing an older version" — I received a lot of advice, some of which you may find useful. I see your second question has already been answered: "Re: How install multiple version of perl". — Ken	[reply]
Re: How install multiple version of perl by akuk (Beadle) on Apr 02, 2020 at 03:30 UTC
Perlbrew is definitely the leader in managing the multiple versions of Perl. There is an alternative to it and it is "plenv". I used it in one of my clients projects (Client already had it in systems). I wasn't disappointed at all using the plevnv with carton to manage the module and perl version dependencies. Git repo for plenv is here.	[reply]
Re: How install multiple version of perl by Anonymous Monk on Mar 31, 2020 at 09:18 UTC
1) it's possible and easy on windows 2) use system 'c:/strawberry-perl-5.30.2.1-32bit-portable/perl/bin/perl.exe', '....foo.pl'; See also Capture::Tiny http://strawberryperl.com/download/5.30.2.1/strawberry-perl-5.30.2.1-32bit-portable.zip http://strawberryperl.com/releases.html http://strawberryperl.com/release-notes/5.30.2.1-32bit.html OpenSSL upgraded to 1.1.1d.	[reply]
Re^2: How install multiple version of perl by maria80e (Novice) on Mar 31, 2020 at 09:43 UTC
I am using active perl. Is it possible for Active perl?	[reply]
Re^3: How install multiple version of perl by soonix (Canon) on Mar 31, 2020 at 12:00 UTC
I didn't try it, but I think it SHOULD be possible to mix an installed ActivePerl with one ore even several Portable editions of Strawberry Perl. You will, however, have to always(!) call each StrawberryPerl using its corresponding `portableshell.bat` (even the scripts with `C:\Path\To\portableshell.bat D:\Path-to\yourscript.pl`), same for ActivePerl, perhaps you'd need to setup a Batch (or CMD) file similiar to the `portableshell.bat` And of course, module installations/updates have to be done also for each version independently (for Strawberry, berrybrew might help you with it).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: How install multiple version of perl by Anonymous Monk on Mar 31, 2020 at 11:54 UTC
Of course it is . try it	[reply]


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