On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:33:48 -0800, "Eric Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm trying to install the package CDB_File on my Windows 2000 system where I have >Perl build 633 installed as well as Komodo 2.5.1. > >When I try to instal using PPM (v2.1.6) I get the message "Error installing package >'CDB_File': Read a PPD for 'CDB_File', but it is not in >tended for this build of Perl (MSWin32-x86-multi-thread)". When I use VPM (build >76130 for Komodo) and search for this package it shows both versions 0.92 and 0.93 >but when I try to install either I get the message that the ppd can't be found. > >I've also downloaded the zip for version 0.93 from >http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/, unzipped it and then >tried using PPM again but I get the same "not intended" message. > >Is it that the ActiveState ppd package is truly not suitable for a Windows 200 >machine? If this is the case where can I get a suitable one? (I don't have a C >compiler installed) Yes, it is not available on Windows because it doesn't compile there: http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bug.html?id=2341 Please contact the module author if you think it is important that the module works on Windows too. Cheers, -Jan _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
