MATLAB: How to change the version of PERL that MATLAB uses on a Windows system

Question

I would like to use a different version of the PERL executable other than the one MATLAB ships with.

Answer 1

You can change the version of PERL that MATLAB uses by pointing it to a different location, where the new executable exists.

You can edit PERL.M and have MATLAB use a newer version of the PERL executable that you wish.

If your open perl.m by typing "edit perl.m", around line 65 your will see the following:

      perlCmd = fullfile(matlabroot, 'sys\perl\win32\bin\');

Comment this code and add your new path as the perlCmd variable.