I had this problem when I was trying to install a PPM while on a private
intranet. It turns out that these PPM files are simply pointers written in
an XML type language that tells the ppd thingy where to find the source.
Just go into the PPM file with an ASCII text editor. From there, you can
see where the source is coming from. I simply used this address and
downloaded the source separately. Then I edited the PPM file to point to
where I placed it locally on my machine.
I hope this addresses your situation.
Brent
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meng Yoke [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 03:35
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: ppm error - DBI installation
>
> Hi,
>
> I encountered error during PPM for DBI installation.
>
> When I perform "search DBI", I can get a list of
> modules for DBI. But when I executed "install DBI" I
> get "Could not locate a PPM binary of 'DBI' for this
> platform" error (see the end of this mail).
>
> Any help?
>
> regards,
> yoke
>
>
>
>
> PPM> search DBI
> Packages available from
> http://ppm.ActiveState.com/cgibin/PPM/ppmserver.pl?urn:/
> PPMServer:
> Apache-DBILogin [1.6 ] authenticates via a DBI
> connection
> ApacheDBI [0.87 ] Authentication and
> Authorization via Perl's DBI
> DBI [1.14 ] Database independent
> interface for Perl
> DBIx-AnyDBD [1.97 ] DBD independant class
> DBIx-CGI [0.06 ] Easy to Use DBI interface
> for CGI scripts
> DBIx-CGITables [0.001] Easy DB access from a CGI
> DBIx-Copy [0.02 ] For copying database
> content from one db to another
> DBIx-DataSource [0.02 ] Database-independant create
> and drop functions
> DBIx-Easy [0.08 ] Easy to Use DBI interface
> DBIx-Formatter [0.01 ] Module to perform report
> generation via query DBI
> DBIx-MSSQLReporter [1.00 ] An module to connect Perl
> to MS SQL Server and MS
> DBIx-Profile [1 ] DBI query profiler
> DBIx-SearchBuilder [0.12 ] Perl extension for easy SQL
> SELECT Statement
> DBIx-Table [0.03 ] Class used to represent DBI
> database tables.
> DBIx-XMLMessage [0.02 ] XML Message exchange
> between DBI data sources
> DBIx-XML_RDB [0.03 ] Perl extension for creating
> XML from existing DBI
> Persistent-DBI [0.50 ] An Abstract Persistent
> Class implemented using a DBI
>
>
> PPM> install DBI
> Install package 'DBI?' (y/N): y
> Installing package 'DBI'...
> Error installing package 'DBI': Could not locate a PPM
> binary of 'DBI' for this
> platform
>
>
>
>
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