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Monday, October 8, 2012

How-to Install Latest ActivePerl 5.x x86 on Linux Debian 6 Squeeze Lxde 32bit Easy Guide

The Guide Show How-to Install and Getting-Started with ActiveState Latest ActivePerl 5.16 Community Edition 32bit for Linux Debian 6 Squeeze Lxde i386 Desktop.

ActivePerl is the the industry-standard, commercial-grade Perl distribution.

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Download Latest ActivePerl Linux Release:

ActivePerl Linux x86 5.X

Select from the Download Table the ActivePerl Linux x86 tar.gz Release.
Right-Click > Open with XArchiver
Then Extract into /tmp
Open a Terminal Window
Installing ActivePerl
1. Login as SuperUSer
```
sudo su
```
2. Change to ActivePerl Directory
```
cd /tmp/ActivePerl*
```
3. Run Installation Script
```
./install.sh
```
  If Needed Set Install Directory Location
  
  Example: /opt/ActivePerl-5-X
4. PATH SetUp
```
exit
```
```
nano ~/.bashrc
```
  Insert:
```
export PATH=/opt/ActivePerl-5.*/bin:$PATH
```
  Ctrl+x to Save & Exit
  
  Load Setting:
```
source ~/.bashrc
```