I have seen similar questions posted, not I am not seeing an answer that solves my problem. I am on Windows 8.1. When I try to install Perl, I get this error:
C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7>pwsh -Command “& $([scriptblock]::Create((New-Obje
ct Net.WebClient).DownloadString(‘https://platform.activestate.com/dl/cli/201993
5773.1649108042_pdli01/install-latest.ps1’))) -c’state activate --default sbryce
/Perl-5.34.0-Windows’”
MethodInvocationException: Exception calling “DownloadString” with “1” argument(
s): “The SSL connection could not be established, see inner exception.”
InvalidOperation: The expression after ‘&’ in a pipeline element produced an obj
ect that was not valid. It must result in a command name, a script block, or a C
ommandInfo object.
When I check to see what version of TLS Powershell is using, I get this response:
We haven’t supported a build for Windows 8.1 in quite a few years. 5.34 definitely is not supported on it.
The reference to Apache also raises a flag. We haven’t ever built Apache, so modules like mod-perl that are Apache plugins were not available from us. Which modules were you looking for?
So it looks like I will need to upgrade to Windows 10. I have not had success with that either, but I will try to work that out.
I am maintaining 2 legacy web sites that use CGI, so I am trying to create a similar environment on my local machine.
I currently have Perl 5.28. For some reason, Apache on my local machine cannot find Perl, but that is a Windows configuration question, and not a Perl question. This is a recent problem, and I’m not sure what is causing it. If I need to, I suppose, I could use the shabang for that, though the shabang is different on the server, so I would need to change it before uploading scripts.
I don’t need any additional modules right now, but with PPM no longer being supported, loading new modules is bound to be a problem eventually. Any new Perl installation will need quite a few modules installed. I tried installing Session::Token in Strawberry Perl, and it wouldn’t load. CGI loaded. I have not tried anything else.
While I can understand the advantages of the new environment for people working on new projects, it has made things difficult for those of us who are maintaining legacy code.
I have a temporary fix, that at least gets me back to being able to maintain my CGI sites. I found the windows configuration issue that was preventing Apache from finding Perl. However, I had it pointing to Perl 5.28, which does not have Session::Token installed. I then pointed it to Perl 5.16, and everything is running. This will work until I need to install any new modules.
The longer term fix just may involve replacing my computer. It won’t support Windows 11, and may not support Windows 10.