Perl Installation Instructions

Peter Klein

Jimmy Theis

Bryan Watts

Kevin Wells

The Black Perl

1. Install Perl

· Go to the ActivePerl website and download the latest version of Perl for the operating system that you are using.

· For a Windows user,

o select the "Windows (x86) - Windows Installer (MSI)"

o Once it is downloaded, double click on the installer.

o Click Next, "I Accept", Next, Next, Next, Finish

2. Integrate with Eclipse

· Create a new workspace

· Open Eclipse in the new workspace

· Click the workbench icon

· Click Help->Install New Software

· Click the "Add..." button

o Enter "EPIC" for the name

o Enter "http://www.epic-ide.org/updates/" for the location

o Click Ok

· Select "EPIC Main Components"

· Click Next, Next, "I Accept", Next, Finish

· You might get a warning message, if so just click ok

· When you are asked if you want to restart Eclipse, click yes

· When Eclipse is open again

o Click Window->Open Perspective->Other

o Select Perl

o Click Ok

3. Create First Perl Program with Eclipse

· Click File->new->Perl Project

· Give the new project a name

· Click Finish

· Right click on the new project and select New->Perl File

· Give the new file a name with a (.pl) extension

· Click Finish

· In the new file type: print "hello world\n";

· Press Ctrl-F11 or select Run->Run to execute the program

3. Contact Information

· Peter Klein - kleinpa@rose-hulman.edu

· Jimmy Theis - theisje@rose-hulman.edu

· Bryan Watts - wattsbn@rose-hulman.edu

· Kevin Wells - wellska1@rose-hulman.edu