Testing Perl Locally?

I've installed Perl on my computer (which is not a server). I can run
Perl at DOS prompt only. When I use IE or Firefox to access Perl
scripts, the browsers will display the script content (or ask me to
download the file). Is there a way around this? Thank you.

--- In Perl_Official%40yahoogroups.com">Perl_Officialyahoogroups.com, youwenjia <no_reply...> wrote:
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> I've installed Perl on my computer (which is not a server). I can run
> Perl at DOS prompt only. When I use IE or Firefox to access Perl
>; scripts, the browsers will display the script content (or ask me to
> download the file). Is there a way around this? Thank you.
>;

1) You said it's not a server so I'm assuming Apache is nowhere to be
found.

2) I had that problem with my scripts even with Apache installed. I
had to play around with the .htaccess file. It wasn't set to execute
CGI (which is what I usually work on). Also I think I remember having
to play around with httpd.conf so the server would know what to do
with .pl, .php and .cgi scripts.

After I got everything just right I burned an image of my HD to DVD
and haven't had to do it in a while so I may be mistaken on the details.

I'm nowhere near an expert but I thought I'd put my 2 cents in.

T.

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youwenjia wrote:
&gt; I've installed Perl on my computer (which is not a server). I can run
> Perl at DOS prompt only. When I use IE or Firefox to access Perl
>; scripts, the browsers will display the script content (or ask me to
> download the file). Is there a way around this? Thank you.

Yes. Install a web server on your machine and configure it to run your CGIs.

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