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PerlDevKit is a collection of tools. The contents of the collection varies by platform because some tools are restricted to certain operating systems.

All 64-bit platforms are restricted by a lack of UI support. The tools that are found only in PDK Pro collection are UI-based, so we don't try to sell you licenses for something that we can't provide.

All the 32-bit tools will run on 64-bit machines, so if you want the GUI functionality, you can install the 32-bit PDK Pro and a 32-bit ActivePerl to get the required GUI support. The extra advantage and purpose of having the 64-bit PDK Deployment tools is to provide the few tools for which you might need native 64-bit apps (primarily PerlApp to wrap and deploy a 64-bit Perl application).

To extend your PDK trial license:

1. go to this link in your browser:
http://www.activestate.com/products/perl_dev_kit/trial_options.plex

2. sign in to your ActiveState.com account (you may need to register if you have not previously)

3. download and install the new Trial license

Until the TDK 4 release, please extend your trial license by logging into your account at:

http://www.activestate.com/myaccount

If you do not have your password, one can be requested by clicking on "Forgot your Password?" underneath the sign in prompt.

Once signed in, click on "Downloads" at the top right hand side of your screen.

Click on "Download Free Trial" beside the product you wish to try.

A download wizard will pop-up and take you through the download and installation steps.

To extend your Komodo trial license:

1. go to this link in your browser:
http://www.activestate.com/store/komodo_ide/trial/extend/

2. sign in to your ActiveState.com account (you may need to register if you have not done so previously)

3. download and install a new Trial license

We have discovered a problem affecting some Trial users of Komodo 4.0.0 where they will not be able to start a 21-day trial on the first start of Komodo. This is now fixed in Komodo 4.0.1:

ftp://ftp.activestate.com/Komodo/Windows/4.0/Komodo-IDE-4.0.1-274919.msi

Occasionally when you are installing a new ActiveState license or starting a trial or beta product that installs a temporary license you will get the following message:

Can't create '/Users/myusername/Library/Application Support/ActiveState/ActiveState.lic

This is due to the directory the license is being installed in being owned by another user or not having the appropriate permissions. The easiest way to fix this is from the Terminal, by typing the following two commands:

sudo chown -R myusername /Users/myusername/Library/Application\ Support/ActiveState
chmod 0755 /Users/myusername/Library/Application\ Support/ActiveState

You may have to enter your password after typing the first command. This is normal, and required because you are executing that command as root (which is needed to change the ownership of files not owned by the current user).

Sometimes it's handy to be able to find your license file after you run the license installer. It can be helpful for debugging license issues and can make life easier when you start using your ActiveState product on another machine.

All directories below are shown relative to your home directory (found in the environment variable HOME on Linux and Mac OS X and in the environment variable USERPROFILE on Windows XP):

Windows: Application Data/ActiveState/ActiveState.lic
Mac OS X: Library/Application Support/ActiveState/ActiveState.lic
Linux: .ActiveState/ActiveState.lic

The Application Data directory is usually hidden under Windows, so you may have to set Explorer to show hidden files or simply "cd" to that directory in a command prompt.

Licenses for ActiveState products are per-user licenses that are not specific to a machine or platform. If the same user has accounts on a Windows machine, a Linux box, and a Mac, they are free to install their license on all three machines. Similarly if the same user uses multiple accounts on any of the machines, they can install the same license on all of the accounts they use, provided the software is not used by unlicensed users.

When the license installer is run it installs a license file to a subdirectory of the user's home directory. This means that the license must be run as the user who will be using the software. For example, if I am going to use my kevinw account to run Komodo, I have to run the license installer as kevinw, rather than as root or another user. This also means that the license needs to be installed separately on each machine I am going to use, of course.

You can also copy the license files directly from machine to machine. For information on where to find your license file after you run the license installer (and where it should be installed on the machine you're copying it to), see the licensing FAQ entry entitled "Where is my ActiveState license file installed?".

We are looking into ways of making this more convenient, but for now that's the process.

The recipes in the language cookbooks are licensed under the BSD license, without the attribution clause (a.k.a. the "New BSD license").

This means that the code can be used in commercial and open source projects, including projects licensed under the GNU GPL (General Public License).

If you evaluated Komodo Personal edition prior to purchasing Komodo
Professional edition, you may encounter problems when you try to start
Komodo. This is a known issue when moving from Komodo Personal to
Professional. To get around this, you will need to delete your Komodo
preferences directory, located here:

Windows:

  C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\ActiveState\Komodo\3.5\

Linux and Solaris:

  /home/username/.komodo/3.5

Mac OS X:

  /Users/username/Library/Application Data/Komodo/3.5

If you have already customized Komodo or added to the toolbox, you
will need to back up some files first in the above directory. Copy out
the toolbox.kpf file to preserve your toolbox, and the
schemes sub-folder to preserve any key-binding or font coloring
schemes.