The perlbrew for Windows Strawberry Perl!
For a quick-start, jump to the Install and Commands sections.
berrybrew can download, install, remove and manage multiple concurrent
versions of Strawberry Perl for Windows. There is no
requirement
to have Strawberry Perl installed before using berrybrew.
Use the bb command as a short hand name for berrybrew.
There is extensive documentation available for the berrybrew application, as well as the Berrybrew API.
See Other Documentation for the full list of documentation.
The easiest and most straight forward method.
berrybrewInstaller.exe SHA1: 5917766c003525f736a5cf409e1c4d0fd4cb345f
git clone https://github.com/stevieb9/berrybrew
cd berrybrew
bin\berrybrew.exe configberrybrew.zip SHA1: fdf4cf104cff8d6513d0511f383c034d203c1022
After extraction:
cd berrybrew
bin\berrybrew.exe configYou can also Compile your own installation.
If you used the self-extracting installer, simply run the uninstaller from
either Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, or the uninst.exe
uninstaller program located in the installation directory.
If you installed via any other method:
First, run the berrybrew associate unset if you're managing the .pl file
association with berrybrew.
Then, run the berrybrew unconfig command which removes the PATH environment
variables for any in-use Perl installation, and then removes berrybrew from
the PATH as well.
If you wish to delete the actual installation:
Stop the UI if it's running (right-click the System Tray Icon, and click Exit)
Remove the Perl installation root directory (by default C:\berrybrew)
Remove the original download directory
Remove the Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\berrybrew registry key
If you've installed the UI, remove the
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run\BerrybrewUI
registry value
See the Configuration
document, and the options command in the berrybrew
documentation.
Several of the modifiable options are configurable through the UI.
See the berrybrew documentation for a full explanation of all of the following commands.
For all commands that require the name of a Perl (eg: install), we will default
to 64-bit (ie. _64) if this suffix is omitted.
berrybrew <command> [subcommand] [option]
associate * View and set Perl file association
available * List available Strawberry Perl versions and which are installed
list List installed Strawberry Perl versions
clean * Remove all temporary berrybrew files
clone Make a complete copy of a Perl installation
config Add berrybrew to your PATH
exec * Run a command for every installed Strawberry Perl
fetch Update the list of Strawberry Perl instances available
hidden Display the list of hidden/development commands
install Download, extract and install a Strawberry Perl
modules * Export and import a module list from one Perl to install on another
options * Display or set a single option, or display all of them with values
off Disable berrybrew perls (use 'switch' to re-enable)
register Manually register a custom installation directory
remove Uninstall a Strawberry Perl
snapshot * Export and import snapshots of Perl instances
switch * Switch to use a different Strawberry Perl
unconfig Remove berrybrew from PATH
use * Use a specific Strawberry Perl version temporarily
virtual Allow berrybrew to manage an external Perl instance
help Display this help screen
license Show berrybrew license
version Displays the version
* - view subcommand details with 'berrybrew <command> help'See the berrybrew document for usage examples.
Using the installer
is the best and safest way to upgrade your berrybrew. You can stop reading here
if you use the installer to install berrybrew.
Doing a straight git pull will overwrite your configuration files, so
back them up first (see Caveats).
Use the Fetch button in the UI, or, at the command line, use berrybrew fetch
to retrieve the most recent availability list from Strawberry Perl. If any new or
changed versions are found, we'll update the local perls.json file with them.
If using the installer to install from, you'll have the opportunity to configure this option during install, and nothing further is required.
Otherwise, follow these directions:
By default, we manage Perls out of the C:\berrybrew directory. To
change this, modify the root_dir value in the data\config.json file.
Use double-backslashes (\\) as the path separators.
WARNING: At this time, it is highly advised not to change this after
you've already installed any instances of Perl. This feature is
incomplete, and PATH and other things don't get properly reset yet.
If you choose to ignore this, follow this procedure:
create a new directory in the file system to house the Perl instances
run berrybrew options root_dir PATH, where PATH is the full path to the
directory you'd like to store Perls in
run berrybrew options temp_dir PATH, where PATH is the full path to the
temporary storage area. Typically, this is a directory inside of the root_dir
you set above
run berrybrew off, to flush the PATH environment variables
move all Perl installations from the old path to the new one
remove the old directory
run berrybrew switch $version to set things back up
.Net Framework 2.0 or higher
Windows only!
Mono or Visual Studio (only if compiling your own version)
If you run into trouble installing a Perl, try clearing the berrybrew
cached downloads by running berrybrew clean.
You can also enable debugging to get more verbose output on the command line:
berrybrew debug <command> [options] Contains all information relating to the development, build, test and release
cycle of the berrybrew ecosystem.
See the Berrybrew Development, Build, Test and Release document.
berrybrew Full documentation for the application
Berrybrew API API documentation
Configuration Guide to various configuration files and options
Please see the hidden commands in the berrybrew document.
You can also get a list of them by running the hidden berrybrew hidden command.
When using git pull to do an upgrade, your configuration files will
be overwritten with the defaults. If you have any customizations, make a
backup of the data directory before upgrade, then copy the files back
to their original location. Note that you may have to manually add any
new config directives into the original config files. The
perls_custom.json file used for custom Perl installations (clones) and the
perls_virtual.json file used for virtual Perl installations will never be
overwritten, and this warning does not apply for them.
At this time, berrybrew requires Administrative privileges to
operate correctly. This is due to the way Windows forces the System
PATH to take precedence over User PATH.
| Software | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jetbrains Rider | .Net IDE | Thanks to their Open Source Licensing |
| Jetbrains intelliJ IDEA | IDE for Perl coding | Freely available, also comes with the open source license |
| Camelcade Perl5 Plugin | Perl5 Plugin for intelliJ IDEA | |
| Devel::Camelcadedb | Adds Perl5 debug support for intelliJ IDEA | |
| Mono | Open Source .Net Framework | |
| Mono C# Compiler | C# | Open Source C# Compiler |
2 Clause FreeBSD - see LICENSE.
David Farrell
Steve Bertrand steveb<>cpan.org
StrawberryPerl - Strawberry Perl for Windows
Perlbrew - the original Perl version manager for Unix based systems.
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