Windows (Strawberry Perl) Installation Instructions
Download Strawberry Perl from here: http://www.strawberryperl.com/
On Strawberry Perl 5.10, starting from version 5.10.0.3 you can install Padre by starting the CPAN shell and typing
cpan> install Padre
However, before you do that, you may wish to install Alien::wxWidgets and Wx as .par files - they build on Windows, but on slower systems, they're... slow.
C:\>perl -MPAR::Dist -e"install_par(q(http://www.strawberryperl.com/download/padre/Alien-wxWidgets-0.46-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.10.1.par))" C:\>perl -MPAR::Dist -e"install_par(q(http://www.strawberryperl.com/download/padre/Wx-0.94-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.10.1.par))"
Note: installing Padre in a fresh install of Strawberry Perl can lead to weird behaviour, like preferences not being saved on exit (due to Padre crashing on exit). See the comments for #258 for a workaround.
On previous releases of Strawberry Perl 5.10 you can install it following these steps
cpan> look Alien::wxWidgets $ perl Makefile.PL $ dmake $ dmake test $ dmake install $ exit cpan> look Wx $ perl Makefile.PL $ dmake $ dmake test $ dmake install $ exit cpan> install Padre
Once it is installed you can start Padre either by Start/Run? and type in
padre
or by creating a shortcut and then clicking on it.
When creating the shortcut use the following as command:
C:\strawberry\perl\bin\wperl.exe C:\strawberry\perl\bin\padre.bat
note we are using wperl here instead of perl in order to avoid the extra command shell window.
Note: For updating Padre on Strawberry Perl you can use the CPAN shell client of Strawberry:
C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl -MCPAN -e shell
upgrade Padre
To find whether there's an update - you can do:
i /Padre/
(or simply follow the mailing list ;-)
Still Not Working?
Following the instructions on this page did not lead to a successful installation?
We will do our best to help you. By letting us know that something does not work you will help us, too. When we know about it, we can improve this documentation and Padre itself.
