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   keithzg (keithzg@fediverse.keithzg.ca)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 09:55:06 JST keithzg
   I am having an absolutely terrible time trying to get ActiveState Perl installed. Literally my opinion of #PostgreSQL has dropped dramatically due to it being a stated requirement for Windows builds, it's that unacceptably bad...
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 09:55:00 JST feld

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     I was about to suggest Strawberry Perl which is the only one I could remember working from 10 years ago lol
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     keithzg (keithzg@fediverse.keithzg.ca)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 09:55:01 JST keithzg

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     Abandoned ship, though I remain very very curious how this was considered reasonable by anyone. Though in fairness these days as soon as I see a .yaml file anywhere I tend to go “oh, shit, this is some software with insane build and usage nonsense that only corporate devs think is remotely acceptable”.

     Conversely, #StrawberryPerl installed very easily and obviously, and all I needed to do was add its bin folder to my %PATH% et voila, it built the part of PostgreSQL I needed to build just fine.

     Seems pretty silly the #PostgreSQL docs recommend, borderline insist, on using ActiveState Perl when Strawberry Perl provides #Perl in a far more “actually provides it to you” way :P

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     keithzg (keithzg@fediverse.keithzg.ca)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 09:55:03 JST keithzg

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     The cli utility in question told me to use state learn to find out how to use it but that just takes me to https://platform.activestate.com/state-tool-cheat-sheet which seems to put me no closer to my goal of “just have Perl installed”

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     keithzg (keithzg@fediverse.keithzg.ca)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 09:55:04 JST keithzg

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     Are there any Perl dists for Windows that I can actually just . . . like . . . install normally? Or can anyone explain to me how to install #ActiveState #Perl with this bizarre, seemingly git-backed setup they have which seems to just result in a folder empty other than a single .yaml file (and for which the uninstall command for the "state" utility I seem to be supposed to use just throws an error and gives up)?
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     Linux Walt Alt (@lnxw37a2) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37a2@pleroma.soykaf.com)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 11:51:06 JST Linux Walt Alt (@lnxw37a2) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     • feld
     @feld @keithzg ActiveState sort of de-emphasized some non-paid stuff a few years back. ActivePerl and ActiveTcl among them. I hear the paid versions are still good, but the zero-price stuff is tough to get working.
     
     StrawberryPerl is easy to install and works well.