Perl Version Edit

PAR requires at least perl 5.6.0, preferably 5.6.1

A preliminary compatibility list between PAR binaries and Win32 Perl releases can be found here.

CPAN Modules Edit

Typically PAR requires some CPAN modules. They automatically get installed using the CPANPLUS/CPAN shell if you are lucky. Currently the mandatory modules are (taken from the Makefile.PL):

Note: This list might be too old. It was current with release 0.87.

• File::Temp
• Compress::Zlib (1.3)
• Archive::Zip (1.00)
• Module::ScanDeps (0.32)
• PAR::Dist (0.05)

For the optional 'Digital signature support' following modules are required:

• Digest::SHA1
• Module::Signature (0.35)
• "PGP" incarnation as
  • Crypt::OpenPGP or
  • gpg

You can find the most up-to-date list of prerequisites on the search.cpan.org page for PAR.