*) (One could even go further and add the file extension to system variable PATHEXT, see How do I make my Perl scripts act like normal programs on Windows?) for more.īut what to do, when Perl is installed, and even though still errors appear? I cannot say anything about the third mentioned distribution DWIM Perl for Windows, but since it is claimed to be Strawberry based, it will be very similar.
pl to the interpreter binary perl.exe, so it would generally be enough to start with click on the file or in command prompt typing in the file alone - but this does not work for files without extension (but perl file would work then). The configuration is later done with command prompt terminals.īoth installers add the Perl interpreter to the system PATH environment variable and link the file extension. By default a package manager is also installed which is later useful for updates and configuration.įor advanced users there’s also Strawberry Perl for Windows.
STRAWBERRY PERL DOWNLOAD
There’s a “Free Community Edition” installer (at time of writing do not download the latest version, but the recommended one, because otherwise you cannot add perl repositories for module updating).
STRAWBERRY PERL INSTALL
If you have no idea, which one to choose, I suggest you to install ActivePerl by ActiveState.
STRAWBERRY PERL WINDOWS
You can find links to Windows versions of Perl distributions on download page.
STRAWBERRY PERL FULL
The answer is: Install a full Perl distribution on your own! I will only describe the approach for Perl, but for Python it is analogical. In this case the real issue would be, that this seems nowhere to be mentioned in official MiKTeX documents or on (again: mistakes on my side are possible). But nevertheless from empiric experience I guess he removed intentionally the rudimentary Perl included in earlier versions (as already said in question: my memory can deceive me), so it’s one thing less, he has to keep up to date. I am like most others just a simple user without knowledge in reading the MiKTEX sources. There is very probably a similar issue for the one listed Python script:Ī definitive solution could only be given by Christian Schenk, the developer of MiKTeX. Xdv2pdf_mergemarks=scripts/xetex/perl/xdv2pdf_ Texdirflatten=scripts/texdirflatten/perl/ Pkfix-helper=scripts/pkfix-helper/pkfix-helper
Pedigree=scripts/pedigree-perl/pedigree-perl/perl/ Makeglossaries=scripts/glossaries/makeglossaries Latexrevise=scripts/latexdiff/latexrevise Latexdiff-vc=scripts/latexdiff/latexdiff-vc Latexdiff-so=scripts/latexdiff/latexdiff-so Latexdiff-fast=scripts/latexdiff/latexdiff-fast Let me list which Perl scripts are included in MiKTeX at time of writing (excerpt from MiKTeX configuration file scripts.ini), for every script line exists a executable in the binaries subfolder with the name seen before the equal sign:Īuthorindex=scripts/perl/authorindex/Īutoinst=scripts/fontools/perl/īib2xhtml=scripts/bib2xhtml/perl/īiokey2html1=scripts/shipunov/īiokey2html2=scripts/shipunov/īiokey2html3=scripts/shipunov/Ĭmap2enc=scripts/fontools/perl/Ĭsvtools=scripts/csvtools/perl/Ĭtanupload=scripts/ctanupload/įig4latex=scripts/fig4latex/perl/įindhyph=scripts/findhyph/perl/įont2afm=scripts/fontools/perl/ Though there are answers to questions serving more than the special issue, can we give here a basic solution even if it is not TeX related? When my remembrance does not deceive me, it must have worked in earlier versions of MiKTeX out of the box. Makeglossaries.exe: The Perl interpreter could not be found. In most cases the error message looks like this: Again and again here on TeX.SX users of MiKTeX ask a question having a problem with a package or included program, where it turns out, that a Perl script is involved, in particular glossaries (because of the script makeglossaries), latexdiff and latexmk.
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