Running Scripts with Other Perl Installations |
Follow these steps only if you wish to use Understand with an existing Perl installation. For example, this may be ActivePERL on Windows or the existing Perl installation that comes with many UNIX systems.
The Understand package may be used directly from the location where it is installed, or it may be installed into the system’s Perl installation. By default, it is located in the Perl directory within Understand’s system-specific bin directory. For example, on Windows it is in C:\Program Files\STI\bin\pc-win95\Perl.
To use it in its current location, use one of the following methods:
One could install the Understand package directly in the Perl setup. This can be useful, as Understand would be available within all Perl scripts, without the need for an environment variable or a “use lib” command. However, this should only be done by someone with a fair amount of knowledge about administering Perl installations.
Understand's DLL cannot be used with the Cygwin PERL implementation (which doesn't like standard Windows DLLs). For those users needing a full version of PERL (versus UPerl which is smaller), we recommend ActivePERL (http://www.activeperl.com).
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