Strawberry Perl on MinGW-W64 + MSYS

Strawberry Perl on MinGW-W64 + MSYS

Following up to my bare bones MinGW-W64 + MSYS install, I've found it to be convenient to install a version of Perl that you can actually keep updated easily.  The Perl version that comes with MSYS is really old.

Install Strawberry Perl

I'm using Strawberry Perl from http://strawberryperl.com

Download and install it.  I installed to C:\perl

Modify $PATH via ~/.bashrc

Add the following code to your ~/.bashrc assuming you installed to C:\perl

# Force Strawberry Perl to the front of the path

if [ -x /c/perl/perl/bin/perl.exe ]; then

export PATH="/c/perl/perl/bin:$PATH"

fi

Exit your shell and start a new shell.

Make sure it worked

ross@win$ which perl

/c/perl/perl/bin/perl.exe

Success!  Enjoy your modern Perl.