simple question about using activestates PPM repository
im t rying to install a perl module from this activestate repository url page ( http://code.activestate.com/ppm/WebService-Dropbox/http://code.activestate.com/ppm/Test-TCP/ ) it states... ultra easy to install, merely type 'ppm install Test-TCP' expanding that instruction with the [+] at right doesnt really shed any more lower level info thats actually required to make this happen. it says: 1. Download and install ActivePerlhttp://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads# 2. Open Command Prompt 3. Type ppm install Test-TCP but in fact, ppm has a notion of 'repositories' its been set up to look through. when i inspect the currently entered activestate ppm url that my ppm (v 4.01) uses, it shows this url: http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x86/5.8/820/package.xml when i then try 'ppm install WebService-Dropbox', ppm fails with... C:\Perl\binppm install WebService-Dropbox Downloading ActiveState Package Repository packlist...not modified Downloading trouchelle packlist...not modified Downloading theoryx5 packlist...not modified Downloading sisyphusion.tk 5.8 packlist...not modified ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provide WebService-Dropbox yet, i know that in fact, that there is both a .tar.gz and matching .ppd file for this package thats available at activestate - at these specific urls: http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x86/5.8/825/A/AS/ASKADNA/WebService-Dropbox-1.05.tar.gz http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x86/5.8/825/A/AS/ASKADNA/WebService-Dropbox-1.05.ppd (i know this as ive manually downloaded them to my pc, originally i was going to just manually download the required tar.gz and .ppd files but all of these dependencies to also get and isntall manually is finally taking its toll on me.) there must be something wrong in the url ive set to use for activestates ppm repository and/or perhaps there is some need to 'refresh' my ppm to make sure its 'seeing' all of the latest packages (eg, perhaps ppm caches this list and its not been locally updated for years now). finally to say, years ago, i was able to enter the listed activestate package.xml url into a browser to get back an ASCII human readable list of all packages. today when i try the same thing, all of my browsers crash when i enter that url into them. and if i instead use a perl 'http-get' script to move the file to my pc (thus bypassing a web 'browser', it does indeed move to my pc and create a 1.5 mb file on my pc, but alas, when i try to open it, the contents are binary, not ASCII. what gives here? most all other repositories allow one to download the package.xml list in a human readable ascii form. i dont understand if somethings broken here with the actual package.xml file, and/or if there is merely a simple fix i need to do with my ppm to cause it to 'see all of the latest active state packages available for perl 5.8.8 build 820 any help would be GREATLY appreciated, greg ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
RE: simple question about using activestates PPM repository
The problem is that there are two PPM4 repositories for ActivePerl 5.8, one for builds 818-824, and one for builds 825 and later. I can’t remember the details, but there was some issue fixed in build 825 that made PPM build a lot mode modules. But modules built against 825 may link against symbols added in 825, so may not load/work correctly in earlier versions. But the improvement in 825 was obviously big enough that we thought it would justify having to maintain 2 repositories. Now, the 818-824 repository hasn’t been updated anymore since August 2009, so it will not contain any modules released after that time. You may be able to use modules from the 825+ repo, but certain modules do break in mysterious ways if you do that, so I would recommend against it. Please note that ActiveState announced that the 5.8 and 5.10 repositories would no longer be updated in June 2011, and would become unavailable at the end of 2011. So the fact that the 825+ repo is still available and updated is rather coincidental and should not be relied on for the future. Given that Perl 5.16 is around the corner, I would urge you to upgrade to at least 5.14 in the near future. As per our support policy, Perl 5.12 will become unsupported as well once 5.16 is released. Cheers, -Jan From: perl-win32-users-boun...@listserv.activestate.com [mailto:perl-win32-users-boun...@listserv.activestate.com] On Behalf Of Greg Aiken Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 10:38 AM To: Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.activestate.com Subject: simple question about using activestates PPM repository im t rying to install a perl module from this activestate repository url page ( http://code.activestate.com/ppm/WebService-Dropbox/ http://code.activestate.com/ppm/Test-TCP/ ) it states... ultra easy to install, merely type 'ppm install Test-TCP' expanding that instruction with the [+] at right doesnt really shed any more lower level info thats actually required to make this happen. it says: 1.Download and install http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads ActivePerl 2.Open Command Prompt 3.Type ppm install Test-TCP but in fact, ppm has a notion of 'repositories' its been set up to look through. when i inspect the currently entered activestate ppm url that my ppm (v 4.01) uses, it shows this url: http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x86/5.8/820/package.xml when i then try 'ppm install WebService-Dropbox', ppm fails with... C:\Perl\binppm install WebService-Dropbox Downloading ActiveState Package Repository packlist...not modified Downloading trouchelle packlist...not modified Downloading theoryx5 packlist...not modified Downloading sisyphusion.tk 5.8 packlist...not modified ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provide WebService-Dropbox yet, i know that in fact, that there is both a .tar.gz and matching .ppd file for this package thats available at activestate - at these specific urls: http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x86/5.8/825/A/AS/ASKADNA/WebService-Dropbox-1.05.tar.gz http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x86/5.8/825/A/AS/ASKADNA/WebService-Dropbox-1.05.ppd (i know this as ive manually downloaded them to my pc, originally i was going to just manually download the required tar.gz and .ppd files but all of these dependencies to also get and isntall manually is finally taking its toll on me.) there must be something wrong in the url ive set to use for activestates ppm repository and/or perhaps there is some need to 'refresh' my ppm to make sure its 'seeing' all of the latest packages (eg, perhaps ppm caches this list and its not been locally updated for years now). finally to say, years ago, i was able to enter the listed activestate package.xml url into a browser to get back an ASCII human readable list of all packages. today when i try the same thing, all of my browsers crash when i enter that url into them. and if i instead use a perl 'http-get' script to move the file to my pc (thus bypassing a web 'browser', it does indeed move to my pc and create a 1.5 mb file on my pc, but alas, when i try to open it, the contents are binary, not ASCII. what gives here? most all other repositories allow one to download the package.xml list in a human readable ascii form. i dont understand if somethings broken here with the actual package.xml file, and/or if there is merely a simple fix i need to do with my ppm to cause it to 'see all of the latest active state packages available for perl 5.8.8 build 820 any help would be GREATLY appreciated, greg ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
need to have side-by-side perl versions 5.8 5.12
i guess its finally time for me to upgrade my perl (i need a module that doesnt work with my currently installed version of perl), but given that ive invested hours and hours to get my current perl environment to work and have lots of production programs i dont presently have time to immediately retest with a new version of perl, i was hoping i could have side-by-side perl installations on my win32 Windows XP computer. i understand that i can rename my existing 'perl' folder to 'perl58' i understand that i can do a new install of perl 5.12 (assumming such an installer is still available) to a folder called 'perl512' i understand that i can open a cmd window and set path = %path%;c:\perl### to allow me to work with a given version at any given time. but what i dont understand is the following: 1. will the respective activestate PPM's (perl5.8 vs perl5.12) operate totally independantly of one another? i thought i read at perlmonk's somewhere that the local repo database are not actually stored as a sub of the 'perl' directory, but are instead stored in the 'user profile' section of the computer (meaning that unless PPM was explicitly written to store config info for different perl versions, there would otherwise be a possibliity of confusion here). 2. as well, is there a single important registry key that tells 'other applications' about where perl is installed to - and if so, what would that key be - so that i could also manipulate that if i also need to. thanks, greg ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
