Perl installation totally unclear

[ActiveState-Support]

Dumb Question: Where Does ActiveState download projects to?

Hi @mpelletier The directory you are referring to is your project directory, this is where the state tool will place the activestate.yaml file. It uses this file to source your project information as well as to allow you to customize how your project works. When you “activate” your project (eg. by running state activate) it will download your runtime files to a local cache directory and sets up your current environment to work with those runtime files. You can find out the location of those fi…

is directly related to your question. There are also details on the locations in the manuals for the State Tool, here:

Troubleshooting :: ActiveState Platform Documentation