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PAR-Packer is the PAR component that can generate stand-alone executables
and ".par" archives.
The main front-end for PAR-Packer is the "pp" utility.
Please type "perldoc PAR::FAQ" for frequently answered questions.
For packing scripts with prerequisite modules into stand-alone scripts
or executables (aka PerlApp, Perl2exe, or 'perlcc that works'), see
"perldoc pp" and "perldoc tkpp".
For running ".par" files directly, see "perldoc parl".
To generate/execute self-contained perl scripts, see "perldoc pp"
or "perldoc par.pl".
An extensive "Cross-Platform Packaging and Deployment with PAR" tutorial
is available as "perldoc PAR::Tutorial" from the PAR distribution which is
a prerequisite for this distribution.
* Installation
If you have cpanm, you only need one line:
cpanm PAR::Packer
Alternatively, if your CPAN shell is set up, you should just be able to do:
cpan PAR:Packer
As a last resort, you can manually install it. Download the tarball, untar it,
then build it:
perl Makefile.PL
make # or 'dmake' on Win32
make test
make install
Note that all of the above require that you have a C compiler installed.
* Notes for Windows users
If your Perl distribution is Strawberry Perl, you already have the
MinGW C compiler installed. If you are using ActiveState Perl,
you may want to install the MinGW C compiler with:
ppm install MinGW
* Typical Usage
Here are some recipes showing how to utilize pp to bundle source.pl with
all its dependencies, on target machines with different expected
settings:
- Stand-alone setup
% pp -o packed.exe source.pl # makes packed.exe
# Now, deploy 'packed.exe' to target machine...
$ packed.exe # run it
- Perl interpreter only, without core modules:
% pp -B -p source.pl # makes source.par
% par.pl -B -Opacked.pl source.par # makes packed.pl
# Now, deploy 'packed.pl' to target machine...
$ perl packed.pl # run it
- Perl with core module installed:
% pp -p source.pl # makes source.par
% par.pl -b -Opacked.pl source.par # makes packed.pl
# Now, deploy 'packed.pl' to target machine...
$ perl packed.pl # run it
- Perl with PAR.pm and its dependencies installed:
% pp -p source.pl # makes source.par
% echo "use PAR 'source.par';" > packed.pl;
% cat source.pl >> packed.pl; # makes packed.pl
# Now, deploy 'source.par' and 'packed.pl' to target machine...
$ perl packed.pl # run it
Note that if your perl was built with a shared library, the
'Stand-alone setup' above will still need a separate perl5x.dll or
libperl.so to function correctly. Patches to include a copy
of libperl with the executable are most welcome. (Note: This might not
apply any more.)
Please consult the documentation of 'pp' for more information.
* Source Repository
You can check out the most recent revision from PAR's Subversion repository:
http://svn.openfoundry.org/par/PAR-Packer
Same applies to the main PAR distribution:
http://svn.openfoundry.org/par/trunk
There is anonymous access to all. Commit access is handed out liberally;
contact the mailing list for details.
* Contact
<http://par.perl.org/> is the official PAR website. You can write
to the mailing list at <par@perl.org>, or send an empty mail to
<par-subscribe@perl.org> to participate in the discussion.
Please submit bug reports to <bug-par@rt.cpan.org>.
* Copyright
Copyright 2002-2010 by Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>.
All rights reserved. You can redistribute and/or modify
this bundle under the same terms as Perl itself.
See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>.
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