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Asked: 2026-05-25T15:49:25+00:00

I have a Perl script that I’ve written and can compile it using pp

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I have a Perl script that I’ve written and can compile it using pp (PAR). I’m curious if it’s possible to make a single executable that is completely portable (run on linux & windows) or do I have to create 2 executables (one for linux and one for windows). I’m not interested in options using perlapp or perl2exe, I’m strictly looking for a PAR/pp option here. Also I’m not looking for PAR’s capability to create a .par file and have a stub Perl environment pre-deployed for the OS varieties.

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When running the file command against a binary built on my linux system it shows the binary is of the following type: 

% file my_app
my_app: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, stripped.

This would seem to indicate that it will only run on a linux system.

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s impossible to build a single executable that will run on a variety of platforms as they use different formats for their binaries.

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