View source for How to install Perl and BioPerl

<p>You can download perl program according to your OS&nbsp;from this website: <a href="https://www.perl.org/get.html">https://www.perl.org/get.html</a></p>

<p>For Windows user,</p>

<p>there are 2 kinds of perl program</p>

<p>1. Active perl</p>

<p>2. Strawberry perl</p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(36,39,41)">If you&#39;re more Linux/Unix oriented and want something that feels very similar on Windows, go with Strawberry Perl. If you are using Perl as a Win32 solution, go with ActiveState<sup>1)</sup></span></p>

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<h3><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(36,39,41)">In case of Active perl, to install bioperl<sup>2)</sup></span></h3>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(36,39,41)">1.&nbsp;Go to the Github (</span><a href="https://github.com/bioperl/bioperl-live">https://github.com/bioperl/bioperl-live</a>) and press the <code>Download ZIP</code> button.</p>

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<p>2) Extract the archive in the normal way.</p>

<p>3) In a cmd window <code>cd</code> to the directory you extracted to. Eg. if you extracted to directory &lsquo;bioperl-live&rsquo;, <code>cd bioperl-live</code></p>

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<p>4) Type <code>perl Build.PL</code> and answer the questions appropriately.</p>

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<p>5) Type <code>perl Build test</code>. All the tests should pass. Your usage of Bioperl may not be affected by the failure, so you can choose to continue anyway.</p>

<p>6) Type <code>perl Build install</code> to install Bioperl.</p>

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<h3><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(36,39,41)">Reference</span></h3>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(36,39,41)">1) </span><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14185560/how-can-i-install-perl-on-windows-8">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14185560/how-can-i-install-perl-on-windows-8</a></p>

<p>2) <a href="http://bioperl.org/INSTALL.WIN.html">http://bioperl.org/INSTALL.WIN.html</a></p>