well they are right.... but if you have 5.6.1 it does all the path configuration for you.but you will still have to run scripts from the DOS-promt...But if you start writing widgits(use Tk) then you can just click on the scripts without a command prompt...but here is a script to test.
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
$perl = 'Power';
print "Perl is $perl";
but just run this code.first save it as <whatever).pl in the perl dir (c:\perl).from the command prompt type c:\perl>perl <whatever>.pl and the output should be.
"perl is power"
If not then we have a problem.