I want to use my Win 95 machine to run as a server and also can run PERL Script. I want to use my computer so I can debug & customize PERL script without uploading to another server on the net. What software (free if any) do I need? I want to make sure the script that i change on my computer will work on Unix server.

For Perl you'll need Active Perl, at http://www.activeperl.com or http://www.perl.com I use OHTTPD for my server, but some use Apache(little hard for me to get it to work) witch you can get from http://www.apache.org Bot h are free!
Thanks
Joey

ActivePerl is the best way to go, they keep up on the latest builds and have the best support for adding modules that you may need, especially for ODBC or DBI support. They also detail on their site ways of getting PERL to work with a variety of servers, free and otherwise.

My suggestions in order of prefrence would be:

1) Apache for NT: Not at all for everyone, but because it is used in UNIX environments, if your code works on Apache, it most likely will work everywhere.
2) IIS or Personal Web Server: The first is free with NT, the second should be free in general, but can run Perl scripts.

Check ActiveState's site for a web server they support that is also easy to install. I would not suggest Apache unless you have experience using, installing and configuring the conf files.

Hope this helps.



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