Strawberry Perl 5.12.0.1 README
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What is Strawberry Perl?
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* 'Perl' is a programming language suitable for writing simple scripts as well
  as complex applications. See http://perldoc.perl.org/perlintro.html

* 'Strawberry Perl' is a perl enviroment for Microsoft Windows containing all
  you need to run and develop perl applications. It is designed to be as close
  as possible to perl enviroment on UNIX systems. See http://strawberryperl.com/

Installation instructions: (.zip distribution only)
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* If installing this version from a .zip file, you MUST extract it to a 
  directory that does not have spaces in it (referred to as <directory> 
  below) and then run some commands and manually set some environment 
  variables:

  cd <directory>
  perl\bin\perl.exe relocation.pl
  set PATH=%PATH%;<directory>\c\bin;<directory>\perl\site\bin;<directory>\perl\bin
  set TERM=dumb

  (You probably should set the last two entries in your environment 
  permanently by going to the System icon on the Control Panel, selecting
  the Advanced Tab, then clicking on the Environment button and adding the 
  environment entries.)
  
* If having a fixed installation path does not suit you, go to
  http://strawberryperl.com/releases.html and try "Strawberry Perl Portable 
  Edition"


How to use Strawberry Perl?
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* In the command prompt window you can:

  1. run any perl script by launching
  
     c:\> perl c:\path\to\script.pl

  2. install additional perl modules (libraries) from http://www.cpan.org/ by

     c:\> cpan Module::Name
  
  3. run other tools included in Strawberry Perl like: perldoc, gcc, dmake ...
