Make sure to install the MSI file It comes with a uninstall app, and has a install "wizard" so to speak.
I am using ActiveState perl on my XP and it works great. Although I am unable to run and test CGI scripts. I have learned to test "components" of it and then assemble it together upload it to the server, and it does the job.
Example:
I know that if I "use CGI qw(:standard);" I will be able to access the form inputs in a CGI script. So on my computer I just create static variables to "represent" those.
Like instead of:
I do:
assuming that the choice selected on the form will be orange.
Now I can go ahead and do whatever I want with that variable and once I'm confident that the program part (computing, comparison etc..) of my script works, then I go ahead and change it to:
- $choice = param('choice');
upload it to the server, and do a real test.
I am pretty sure you can set-up Active State to run local CGI scripts I am just lazy. And don't know how.