Perl 5.32 Installation fails under Windows 10

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I’m attempting to install Active Perl 5.32 under Windows 10 1909.

I copy and paste this command into CMD:

powershell -Command "& $([scriptblock]::Create((New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://platform.activestate.com/dl/cli/v30/install-latest.ps1'))) -activate-default ActiveState-Labs/Perl-5.32"

I get this error:

Exception calling "DownloadString" with "1" argument(s): "The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error
occurred on a send."
At line:1 char:26
+ ... ommand "& $([scriptblock]::Create((New-Object Net.WebClient).Download ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebException

& : The term '-activate-default' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable
program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:4
+ &  -activate-default ActiveState-Labs/Perl-5.32
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (-activate-default:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

I feel like I must be missing something simple. Any suggestions?

Thanks.
John

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HI @jmorgan-siumed , Thank you for posting here ! The team will have a look and advise accordingly.
Regards.

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Hi @jmorgan-siumed ,

Could you share the Powershell version that you have installed? Instructions:

  1. Open Powershell
  2. Type or copy-paste the following command: Get-Host | Select-Object Version
  3. In the output, you will see the version of PowerShell
  4. Alternatively, type $PSVersionTable and hit the Enter key
  5. See the PSVersion line
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The standard version of Powershell that was shipped with version 1909 is missing some of the commandlets that have been added in newer releases.

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PSVersion is : 5.1.19041.1682

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I am having the exact same issue. Tried first with perl 5.1 and also installed Perl 7.2 to no avail:

PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7> powershell -Command “& $([scriptblock]::Create((New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString(‘https://platform.activestate.com/dl/cli/298222224.1658219682_pdli01/install.ps1’))) -c’state activate --default jouniaro/Perl-5.34.0-Windows’”
At line:1 char:1

  • & # Copyright 2019-2022 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved …
  • ~
    Missing expression after ‘&’ in pipeline element.
    At line:1 char:71
  • … # Copyright 2019-2022 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved.
  •                                                                      ~

Unexpected token ’
’ in expression or statement.
At line:20 char:19

  • $script:VERSION = "
  •               ~

The string is missing the terminator: ".
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:slight_smile: , ParentContainsErrorRecordException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MissingExpression

How can I install it?

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Ah, finally I got it. Must run that in ‘cmd.exe’, not in powershell!