How to compile a Perl script to a Windows executable with Strawberry Perl

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What would be the easiest way to compile a simple Perl script to an executable under Windows with Strawberry Perl  as I understand it s possible and free    In the past I ve used ActiveState compiler and perl2exe and was simple enough  However  now after a few computer changes and OS updates I ve lost the licenses and I d like to find a better permanent solution

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There are three packagers  and two compilers   free packager  PAR commercial packagers  perl2exe  perlapp compilers  B  C  B  CC  http   search cpan org dist B-C perlcompile pod   Note  perlfaq3 is still wrong   For strawberry you need perl-5 16 and B-C from git master  1 43   as B-C-1 42 does not support 5 16

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Install PAR  Packer from CPAN  it is free  and use pp utility

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short answer        perl -MCPAN -e  install PAR  Packer     pp -o  lt  lt DesiredExeName gt  gt  exe  lt  lt MyFancyPerlScript gt  gt         long answer - create the following cmd   adjust vars to your taste          next line is templatized      file compile-morphus 1 2 3 dev ysg cmd v1 0 0      disable the echo    echo off       this is part of the name of the file - not used   set  Action run       the name of the Product next line is templatized   set  ProductName morphus       the version of the current Product next line is templatized   set  ProductVersion 1 2 3       could be dev   test   dev   prod next line is templatized   set  ProductType dev       who owns this Product   environment next line is templatized   set  ProductOwner ysg       identifies an instance of the tool   new instance for this version could be created by simply changing the owner        set  EnvironmentName   ProductName    ProductVersion    ProductType    ProductOwner        go the run dir   cd   dp0       do 4 times going up   for  L   i in  1 1 5  do pushd          The BaseDir is 4 dirs up than the run dir   set  ProductBaseDir  CD       debug echo BEFORE  ProductBaseDir is   ProductBaseDir       remove the trailing      IF   ProductBaseDir  -1     SET  ProductBaseDir   ProductBaseDir  0 -1       debug echo AFTER  ProductBaseDir is   ProductBaseDir       debug pause        The version directory of the Product    set  ProductVersionDir   ProductBaseDir    ProductName    EnvironmentName        the dir under which all the perl scripts are placed   set  ProductVersionPerlDir   ProductVersionDir  sfw perl       The Perl script performing all the tasks   set  PerlScript   ProductVersionPerlDir    Action    ProductName  pl       where the log events are stored    set  RunLog   ProductVersionDir  data log compile-  ProductName  cmd log       define a favorite editor    set  MyEditor textpad    ECHO Check the variables    set        debug PAUSE      truncate the run log   echo date is  date  time is  time   gt    RunLog         uncomment this to debug all the vars       debug set   gt  gt    RunLog        for each perl pm and or pl file to check syntax and with output to logs   for  f   i in   dir   ProductVersionPerlDir    pl  s  b  a-d    do echo   i  gt  gt    RunLog  amp perl -wc   i   tee -a    RunLog  2 gt  amp 1        for each perl pm and or pl file to check syntax and with output to logs   for  f   i in   dir   ProductVersionPerlDir    pm  s  b  a-d    do echo   i  gt  gt    RunLog  amp perl -wc   i   tee -a    RunLog  2 gt  amp 1       now open the run log   cmd  c start  max   MyEditor    RunLog         this is the call without debugging      old    echo CFPoint1  OK The run cmd script  0 is executed  gt  gt    RunLog    echo CFPoint2  OK  compile the exe file  STDOUT and STDERR  to a single  RunLog file  gt  gt    RunLog    cd   ProductVersionPerlDir     pp -o   Action    ProductName  exe   PerlScript    tee -a   RunLog  2 gt  amp 1        open the run log   cmd  c start  max   MyEditor    RunLog        uncomment this line to wait for 5 seconds      ping localhost -n 5       uncomment this line to see what is happening       PAUSE                      Purpose        To compile every   pl file into   exe file under a folder                 Requirements         perl   pp   win gnu utils tee       perl -MCPAN -e  install PAR  Packer        text editor supporting  lt  lt textEditor gt  gt   lt  lt FileNameToOpen gt  gt  cmd call syntax                VersionHistory      1 0 0 --- 2012-06-23 12 05 45 --- ysg --- Initial creation from run morphus cmd                eof file compile-morphus 1 2 3 dev ysg cmd v1 0 0

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