Install Perl

Perl is a free programming language necessary to run many tools in this site. Some softwares with a graphical interface also require the Perl/Tk graphical library.

1- On Windows

Since version 5.14, it is not possible to install Perl/TK (usefull for nwCompare or AutoCompare) with Activestate Perl, so we recommend older versions.

You can install Activestate Perl 5.12.4 build 1205 available here ( we successfully installed the Tk graphical library with this version on windows 7 whereas later versions failed.) : http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads

To see which version of Activestate Perl support Tk, have a look at this page :

http://code.activestate.com/ppm/Tk/

Select the version 32 or 64 bits corresponding to your operating system

Double click on the installation file.

Alternatively you can install Strawberry Perl (http://strawberryperl.com/).

We successfully install Perl/TK (usefull for nwCompare or AutoCompare) with Strawberry Perl 5.12.3

Download Perl at http://strawberryperl.com/

Select the version 32 or 64 bits corresponding to your operating system

Double click on the installation file.

2- On GNU/Linux

Perl is part of GNU/linux, if you use this system, Perl is already installed ;)