You will need Perl version 5.004 or higher to run MiniVend 3.12. Many sites are still running lower Perl versions. In addition, on systems that do not have GDBM or DB_File installed, memory problems may occur. Large catalogs will use large amounts of memory if the databases must all reside there.
You can download the latest Perl 5 from any CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) site. See
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
Windows users will need to obtain the either the ActiveState Perl build 5xx (the one from the
NT Resource Kit will
NOT work) or the standard version Perl, also known as the
Gurusamy Sarathy or CORE version, from the directory ports/win32/Standard/x86.