= 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? ==
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