title: How can I package my Perl script to run on a machine without Perl?
body: <p>People also often ask "How can I compile Perl?" while what they really want is to create an executable that can run on machines even if they don't have Perl installed.</p>
  
  <p>There are several solutions, I know of:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><a href="http://www.indigostar.com/perl2exe.htm" rel="noreferrer">perl2exe</a> of IndigoStar
  It is commercial. I never tried. Its web site says it can cross compile Win32, Linux, and Solaris.</li>
  <li><a href="http://www.activestate.com/Products/perl_dev_kit/" rel="noreferrer">Perl Dev Kit</a> from ActiveState. 
  It is commercial. I used it several years ago on Windows and it worked well for my needs. According to its web site it works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX.</li>
  <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/PAR/" rel="noreferrer">PAR</a> or rather <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/PAR-Packer/" rel="noreferrer">PAR::Packer</a> that is free and open source. Based on the test reports it works on the Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, NetBSD and Solaris but theoretically it should work on other UNIX systems as well.
  Recently I have started to use PAR for packaging on Linux and will use it on Windows as well.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Other recommended solutions?</p>