Existing version of Perl.

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On 14/10/2020 16:27, David J Taylor wrote:
> 
> I already have ActiveState Perl (v5.16.3) installed and in constant 
> use.  Is there a way to prevent the Windows installer overwriting that 
> version of Perl, and allowing get-iplayer to use it?

I never use the Windows Installer myself, like you I have a pre-existing 
version of Perl.  Most probably, although I haven't actually tried it 
with this installer, you can open the installer's archive with a program 
such as 7-zip, which is a useful tool to have installed anyway, and 
extract the various folders manually, as desired.

My arrangement works for me and is thus:

	C:\Programs\Perl
	C:\Programs\AtomicParsley
	C:\Programs\FFMPEG
	C:\Programs\GetIPlayer
	C:\Programs\RTMPDump*

Then you have to ensure that the directories ...

	C:\Programs\Perl\site\bin;
	C:\Programs\Perl\bin;
	C:\Programs\AtomicParsley;
	C:\Programs\FFMPEG\bin;
	C:\Programs\RTMPDump\bin;*

... are included in your path, and that *.pl files are associated with 
being run by Perl.

*These are historical and may not still be required.