> -----Original Message----- > From: Mohd Abdul Rasheed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:23 AM > To: beginners > Subject: Unable to run prog's > > Sir , > I am interested in learning perl for BioInformatics. I have downloaded > the 5.8 version of Perl from ActiveState website. > As there are no tutors to teach it, I am feeling diffulty . Basically > I > have learned the basics & wrote a number of programmes but I am unable to > run them. > The thing I see in Perl is ppm prompt which looks like > ppm> > & unfortunately on this prompt I am unable to run any of my > Perl programme . > Please help me out sir & give tips for begining it. [Brian Volk]
The ppm> is the Perl Package Manager... it is used for installing perl modules. If you have written your programs in a text editor you should be able to open a command prompt, goto the directory where you saved your program and type: perl your_program_name.pl Hope this helps. Brian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
