# NAME

ActivePerl - ActiveState's quality-assured binary build of Perl

# DESCRIPTION

ActivePerl is ActiveState's quality-assured binary build of Perl. The latest Windows, Linux and Mac OS X builds are available for free to the community. Solaris, HP-UX and AIX builds are available in ActivePerl Business Edition.

ActivePerl includes:

- The binary core distribution of perl. See the perl manpage for details.

- A set of useful additional CPAN modules "out of the box".

- The Perl Package Manager, for quick and easy install of additional Perl extension modules. See ppm for details.

- Complete documentation in HTML format. This is found in the html sub directory where ActivePerl was installed.

The release notes for this version of ActivePerl is available in activeperl-release. A list of changes beween builds of ActivePerl is found in activeperl-changes.

# SEE ALSO

the perl manpage, ppm, activeperl-release, activeperl-changes