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Windows Alternate Perl Plugin

Installing an alternate build of the Perl plugin

Most of the XChat builds for windows come with some form of the Perl plugin, but each one is built against a specific build of Perl, and so may not work with the version of Perl you already have installed. If that is the case, you can install one of the following DLLs instead.

1. Save the appropriate .dll to the appropriate plugin directory:
   • For the official build: C:\Program Files\xchat\plugins\
   • For Silverex: C:\Program Files\X-Chat 2\plugins\
   • If you are on a 64 bit system, use C:\Program Files (x86)\ instead.
2. Rename xcperl.dll to xcperl.dll.old
3. Restart XChat

ActivePerl for win32

Perl 5.12.1

xcperl5.12.1.dll

Perl 5.10.1

xcperl5.10.1.dll

Perl 5.10.0

xcperl5.10.0.dll

Perl 5.8.9

xcperl5.8.9.dll

Strawberry Perl for win32

Perl 5.12.1

xcperl-strawberry5.12.1.dll

Perl 5.10.1

xcperl-strawberry5.10.1.dll

If you are using XChat-WDK, the installation program includes options for which version of the Perl plugin to install.

Cannot open perl58.dll

If you are running Silverex's build of XChat and you receive the following message:

This means that XChat is expecting, as stated, ActivePerl 5.8. The latest ActivePerl is currently 5.12.1, and so if you have installed this version (as the SilvereX page directs you to for example), then XChat's perl plugin needs to be replaced as explained above.