Running wmd on Linux

By default, keydey89's famous wmd.pl runs only on Windows and requires ActivePerl. Attempting to run it under Linux as mentioned over here - http//viaforensics.com/computer-forensic-howtos/howto-extract-metadata-microsoft-word-linux.html fails (when you come to install Startup). Also, modifying your CPAN packages by hand isn't recommended as it is recommended that you use your distro's package manager to install CPAN modules.

The ideal solution is to install AcitvePerl for Linux and use it instead so this gets the script running with minimal effort + doesn't disturb the perl installation used by your OS. Here's how

* 1. Install ActivePerl from here - http//www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads/
* 2. /opt/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/ppm install OLE-Storage
* 3. /opt/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/ppm install Startup
* 4. /opt/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/ppm install Unicode-Map

Finally, to run it, you would then use ActivePerl's binary executable /opt/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/perl wmd.pl