如何提供（分发）Perl应用程序？

Question

I wrote a program in Perl, and now I want to send it to buddy. I don't want him having any kind of bother with launching it.

How do I make some package which he can just click and have all things ready to launch?

PS. I can ask him to download ActivePerl and install it beforehand.

PPS. I don't need to hide .pl sources from him. I need though automatic download and install of all required CPAN modules.

Also, what if in future I will need to scale it for production delivery? Meaning, it will be not a buddy on the receiving side, but Mr. Client?

Answer 1

I have used pp with great success. It can package a Perl interpreter and used modules all together into an executable file.

Then again there is always B::C which provides a perlcc utility, but I haven't had as much luck with that.

Answer 2

为了便于分发到Windows客户端，它很难击败PerlApp ， Par :: Packer （又名pp）或Cava Packager 。

Answer 3

Although I like Joel's suggestion best I'd want to point out another solution for you. As it seems you're targeting Windows you could also use the portable version of Strawberry Perl . Install the modules you need, add your script/application to it, setup a simple batch script to launch it with the portable environment and you're set.

The biggest downside compared to the pp (PAR::Packer) solution is that the size of your application will be rather big as pp only includes that what is necessary.

Answer 4

You might be looking for IndigoStar's 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.

Of course, the easiest way would be if your clients could run perl.

Answer 5

Yoy may wish to try Cava Packager . It can produce executables from Perl code on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It takes an alternative approach to PerlApp, pp and perl2exe. You should probably try them all and decide which you like best.

Note: As indicated by my name, I am affiliated with Cava Packager.

Answer 6

Par::Packer will do the job for you, without any fuss and is completely free. As long as you have installed the correct dependencies, you simply (on a windows machine) open a command prompt, CD into the directory where your perl source (eg 'samplefile.pl') resides and type: pp -o sampleprogram.exe samplefile.pl. After a minute or so, 'samplefile.exe' is compiled, and you can send it to your friend to run

Perl2Exe is a proprietary solution, and although it is good, is not free

Good luck!