Bill - Looks like you dropped a /ppm off the repository path in your original mail (look at Ilya's original post). Here's what just worked for me on a Win2k machine:
D:\>ppm PPM interactive shell (2.1.5) - type 'help' for available commands. PPM> set repository XMLPROJ http://www.xmlproj.com/PPM PPM> search DBD-Oracle* Packages available from http://www.xmlproj.com/PPM: DBD-Oracle-1_12 [1.12] DBD-Oracle 1.12 Packages available from http://ppm.ActiveState.com/cgibin/PPM/ppmserver.pl?urn:/ PPMServer: DBD-Oracle [1.06] Oracle database driver for the DBI module DBD-Oracle8 [1.06] Oracle 8 database driver for the DBI module PPM> install DBD-Oracle-1_12 Install package 'DBD-Oracle-1_12?' (y/N): y Installing package 'DBD-Oracle-1_12'... Bytes transferred: 98144 .... Mark -- Mark Riehl Agile Communications, Inc. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Business: (732) 528-9305 Fax: (732) 528-9308 Cell: (732) 996-7630 > -----Original Message----- > From: Thater, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 9:13 AM > To: Etienne Marcotte > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Ilya Sterin > Subject: Re: PPM available for DBD-Oracle 1.12 (OCI8) > > > Etienne Marcotte wrote: > > >ppm install DBD-Oracle-1_12 > > > >she made a typo it's 1_12 > > > still doesn't find it. > > > > > > >Etienne > > > >bill thater wrote: > > > >>Ilya Sterin wrote: > >> > >>>PPM is now available for DBD-Oracle 1.12 compiled with > Oracle 8 libs. > >>> > >>>This is how you can install... > >>> > >>>You must set your repository to http://www.xmlproj.com/PPM > by doing... > >>> > >>>ppm set repository http://www.xmlproj.com > >>> > >>> > >>>Then you can install with > >>> > >>>ppm install DBD-Oracle-0_12 > >>> > >>> > >>>Big thanks to Maarten Koskamp for compiling this version. > >>> > >>>Ilya > >>> > >>OK, looks like i'm having a caffeine free moment here, but it's not > >>finding a PPD file. is the set command right? it's not > the same as the > >>one for the DBI PPM install. > >> > >>-- > >>-- > >>Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA > >>Telergy,Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------ > >>You gotta program like you don't need the money, > >>You gotta compile like you'll never get hurt, > >>You gotta run like there's nobody watching, > >>It's gotta come from the heart if you want it to work. > >>------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------ > >>Every program is a part of some other program, and rarely fits. > >> > > > > > -- > -- > Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA > Telergy,Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > You gotta program like you don't need the money, > You gotta compile like you'll never get hurt, > You gotta run like there's nobody watching, > It's gotta come from the heart if you want it to work. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > Every program is a part of some other program, and rarely fits. > > > >
