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About Perl2Exe

Perl2Exe is a command line program for converting Perl scripts to executable files.

This allows you to create stand alone programs in Perl that do not require the Perl interpreter. You can ship the executable files without having to ship your Perl source code.

Perl2Exe can generate executables for Windows and Unix target hosts.

Perl2Exe can generate cross-platform code. For example you can generate code for Solaris from a Linux machine.

Perl2Exe also allows you to create no-console programs using Tk.

News

Dec 7 2009
Perl2Exe V9.110 for Perl 5.10.1 released
Jan 15 2008
Perl2Exe V9.10 for Perl 5.10.0 released
Aug 21 2007
Perl2Exe V8.82 for Perl 5.8.8 build 822 released
Jun 5 2006
Perl2Exe V8.80 for Perl 5.8.8 released

Features

Build code for Windows with Perl2Exe for Windows
Build code for Unix with Perl2Exe for Unix
Many popular versions of Unix are supported.
Cross Platform support allows you to build code for any OS from any other OS.
Build code for multiple platforms from a single machine with with Perl2Exe Enterprise Version
Easy to use: a simple command will build your code
e.g. 'perl2exe myscript.pl'
Support for bundling of external files such as gif's, zip files etc into the executable

Perl2Exe for Win32 is available in "Lite" and "Pro" packages. The Pro version includes these additional features:

Support for the -small option for creating smaller exe's
Support for the -gui option for creating no-console applications
Priority technical support
Source code library for creating shareware programs using registration keys.

Download Perl2Exe

For Perl 5.10.1	Perl2Exe V9.110 for Windows (Dec 7 2009) Windows version supports Perl 5.10.1, 5.10.0, 5.8.8, and 5.6.1

For Perl 5.10.0	Perl2Exe V9.100B for Windows (Mar 14 2008) Windows version supports Perl 5.10.0, 5.8.8, and 5.6.1 Perl2Exe V9.100 for AIX (Jan 18 2008) Perl2Exe V9.100 for HP-UX (Apr 12 2008) Perl2Exe V9.100 for Linux (May 4 2008) Perl2Exe V9.100 for SunOS (Jan 18 2008) Unix versions contain a self contained Perl interpreter and library, it does not matter what Perl version is installed on your system.

For Perl 5.8.8	Perl2Exe V8.82 for Windows (Aug 21 2007) Windows version supports Perl 5.8.8, 5.8.7 and 5.6.1 Perl2Exe V8.80 for AIX (Apr 11 2006) Perl2Exe V8.80 for HP-UX (Apr 11 2006) Perl2Exe V8.80 for Linux (Apr 11 2006) Perl2Exe V8.80 for SunOS (Apr 11 2006) Perl2Exe V8.80 for MacOSX (Apr 12 2006) Perl2Exe V8.80 for FreeBSD (Apr 12 2006) Unix versions contain a self contained Perl interpreter and library, it does not matter what Perl version is installed on your system.

For Perl 5.8.7	Perl2Exe V8.70 for Win32 (Aug 17 2005) Windows version supports Perl 5.8.7, Perl 5.8.6, Perl 5.6.1 Perl2Exe V8.70 for AIX (Oct 23 2005) Perl2Exe V8.70 for HP-UX (Oct 23 2005) Perl2Exe V8.70 for Linux (Oct 23 2005) Perl2Exe V8.70 for MacOSX (Oct 23 2005) Perl2Exe V8.70 for OSF1 (Oct 23 2005) Perl2Exe V8.70 for SunOS (Oct 23 2005)

For Perl 5.8.6	Perl2Exe V8.60 for Win32 (Feb 15 2005) Windows version supports Perl 5.8.6, 5.8.4, Perl 5.6.1 Perl2Exe V8.60 for AIX (Feb 13 2005) Perl2Exe V8.60 for HP-UX (Feb 13 2005) Perl2Exe V8.60 for Linux (Feb 13 2005) Perl2Exe V8.60 for SunOS (Feb 13 2005) Perl2Exe V8.60 for MacOSX (Feb 16 2005) Perl2Exe V8.60 for SCO (Feb 17 2005)

For Perl 5.8.4	Perl2Exe V8.40 for Win32 (Jun 29 2004) Windows version supports Perl 5.8.4, Perl 5.8.3, Perl 5.6.1 and Perl 5.005 Perl2Exe V8.40 for AIX (Jun 29 2004) Perl2Exe V8.40 for HP-UX (Jun 29 2004) Perl2Exe V8.40 for Linux (Jun 29 2004) Perl2Exe V8.40 for OpenBSD (July 14 2004) Perl2Exe V8.40 for OSF1 (Sep 6 2005) Perl2Exe V8.40 for SunOS (Jun 29 2004)

For Perl 5.8.3	Perl2Exe V8.10b for Win32 (Mar 16 2004) Supports Perl 5.8.3, Perl 5.8.0, Perl 5.6.1 and Perl 5.005 Perl2Exe V8.10 for AIX (Feb 18 2004) Perl2Exe V8.10 for HP-UX (Jan 12 2004) Perl2Exe V8.10 for Linux (Feb 18 2004) Perl2Exe V8.10 for SunOS (Feb 18 2004)

For Perl 5.8.2	Perl2Exe V8.00 for Win32 (Feb 11 2004) Supports Perl 5.8.2, Perl 5.8.0, Perl 5.6.1 and Perl 5.005 Perl2Exe V8.00 for AIX (Jan 27 2004) Perl2Exe V8.00 for HP-UX (Jan 12 2004) Perl2Exe V8.00 for Linux (Jan 12 2004) Perl2Exe V8.00 for SunOS (Jan 12 2004) Perl2Exe V8.00 for ppc-Linux (Feb 9 2004)

For Perl 5.8.0	Perl2Exe V7.02 for Win32 (Nov 1 2003) Supports Perl 5.8.0, Perl 5.6.1, Perl 5.6.0 and Perl 5.005 Perl2Exe V7.01 for AIX (July 6 2003) Perl2Exe V7.01 for Darwin (Mac OSX) (July 6 2003)* Perl2Exe V7.01 for FreeBSD (July 6 2003) Perl2Exe V7.02c for HP-UX (Nov 17 2003) Perl2Exe V7.01 for IRIX64 (July 6 2003) Perl2Exe V7.02c for Linux (Nov 17 2003) Perl2Exe V7.01 for NetBSD (July 6 2003) Perl2Exe V7.01 for OpenBSD (July 6 2003) Perl2Exe V7.01 for OSF1 (July 6 2003) Perl2Exe V7.01 for SCO_SV (July 6 2003)* Perl2Exe V7.02c for SunOS (Nov 17 2003)

For Perl 5.6.1	Perl2Exe V5.03 for Win32 (Apr 5 2002) Supports Perl 5.6.1, Perl 5.6.0 and Perl 5.005 Perl2Exe V5.02 for Linux (July 1, 2001) Perl2Exe V5.02 for SunOS (July 1, 2001) Perl2Exe V5.02 for AIX (July 1, 2001) Perl2Exe V5.02 for BSD/OS (July 1, 2001) Perl2Exe V5.02 for FreeBSD (July 1, 2001) Perl2Exe V5.02 for HP-UX (July 1, 2001) Perl2Exe V5.02 for IRIX (July 1, 2001) Perl2Exe V5.02 for DEC OSF1 (July 1, 2001) Perl2Exe V5.02 for Darwin (Mac OSX) (July 9, 2001)

For Perl 5.005_03	Perl2Exe V1.09 for Linux (Jan 30, 2001) Perl2Exe V1.09 for SunOS (Jan 30, 2001) Perl2Exe V1.09 for BSD/OS (Jan 30, 2001) Perl2Exe V1.09 for IRIX (Jan 30, 2001) * Perl2Exe V1.09 for HP-UX (Jan 30, 2001) Perl2Exe V1.09 for AIX (Jan 30, 2001) Perl2Exe V1.09 for FreeBSD (Apr 29, 2001) Perl2Exe V1.07 for mips-Linux (Jan 07, 2000) Perl2Exe V1.07 for OpenBSD (Jan 07, 2000) Perl2Exe V1.07 for DEC OSF1(Mar 17, 2000)

* does not include Tk library

Download Perl2Exe Enterprise Version

Perl2Exe Enterprise Version is not a single piece of software, but a special license that allows you to use all versions of Perl2Exe. This allows you to generate executables for all supported platforms. To download Perl2Exe Enterprise Version download the components for each of the platforms. You can install multiple versions in the same directory. Installation instructions are in the user manual.

Unix files are in tar.gz format, and can be installed on a Unix or Windows machine. Approximate size for each file is 7 to 12MB.

System Requirements

Perl2Exe for Windows is a Windows console application, and requires any 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows, including ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista, WIndows 7, etc.

Perl2Exe for Unix requires one of the supported Unix platforms, or a Windows host. Perl2Exe for Unix contains an embedded copy of Perl.

Perl2Exe for Windows requires an installation of Perl on your machine. Download it from here:

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