[ensembl-dev] VEP Perl Sript, Perl version

[Will McLaren]

Hi Gregory,

In theory you shouldn't encounter any issues using anything above 5.8.8,
but the highest version on which it has been tested under Windows is 5.14.2.

If you have the choice, I'd go for 5.14.4, since 5.16 and 5.18 may have
language features or deprecations that have the potential to cause problems.

>From personal experience, I'd recommend using Cygwin anyway above any other
options on Windows - other users have reported issues with using local
cache files when using ActiveState perl.

Hope this helps

Will McLaren
Ensembl Variation


On 23 May 2013 19:27, Dougherty, Gregory T. <Dougherty.Gregory at mayo.edu>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> In the documentation for the Perl Script, you have the following:
>  Download and install ActiveState
>                 Perl <http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads>.
> 5.14.2 is the
> recommended version to use.
>
> ActivePerl actually doesn't even offer 5.14.2, the offer 5.14.4.  But
> that's the oldest release they have, their "current" release is 5.16.3,
> and perl itself is up to 5.18.0.
>
> So what version of perl is required to run the script, and what is
> expected to work?
>
> Thank you,
>
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