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T. ValentineDatabase-Driven Web Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5970-2_7

7. Installing and Using the Perl Server

Thomas Valentine1  
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Selkirk, MB, Canada
 

Some might say that installing a server as powerful as Perl is a chore, but it really isn’t. It installs cleanly and easily like many less powerful programs. There is little to configure past the initial installation. However, there are a few finer points of the installation that we will have to cover. We’ll start with a brief explanation of the many flavors of Perl that are available on the Internet today.

This chapter is brief, as there is only so much you need to know to install and use a Perl server. For the most part, most operations are simple and intuitively ...

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