Unix
Running Linux, Solaris, AIX, HPUX, or any other UNIX-like system?
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Already Installed
You may already have perl installed. Typeperl -von a command line to find out which version.
Mac OS X
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Already Installed
Mac OS X already has Perl installed. Open a Terminal application (in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder) and run perl -v to find out which version.
Windows
Windows does not have Perl installed by default.
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Strawberry Perl: A 100% Open Source Perl for Windows that is exactly the same as Perl everywhere else; this includes using modules from CPAN, without the need for binary packages. Help is available from other Windows Perl developers on the #win32 irc channel on irc.perl.org (see website for access through a browser).