On 08/10/10 12:41, John Scoles wrote: > On 10/7/2010 10:20 AM, Mayank Gupta wrote: > > When in trouble with Activestate Perl for windows you best bet would be to > > 1) deinstall all of the Activestate products on your box > 2) install only the free version of Perl from here > http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads > 3) start again
I'm not sure this is the "best bet" in this case or even in general. Mayank, I'm no ActiveState expert but it looks like you have a business addition of ActiveState your company may have paid for so I would not rush to deinstall it and replace with the "free" version. Also if you have a proxy issue reinstalling is not going to make it go away. Martin -- Martin J. Evans Easysoft Limited http://www.easysoft.com > > >> Hi Tim, >> >> I very new to Perl and have been put in a situation where I am >> supposed to >> figure out why a Perl code is not working. I have already written to >> dbi-users@perl.org >> and am still awaiting a response. I just thought I would right to >> you too >> with a hope that you might be able to help me. >> >> Issue is with the DBI module for Perl, v5.6.1 built for >> MSWin32-x86-multi-thread on Windows 2003. I am getting a syntax error: >> Can't >> locate DBI.pm in @INC. I checked the directories in @INC array and >> both the >> directories (C:\Perl\lib and C:\Perl\Site\lib) seem to miss DBI.pm. I >> also >> did the search in parent directory c:\Perl but could not find DBI.pm >> anywhere. Could be that DBI.pm module never got installed or got >> deleted by >> some other user accidentally. >> >> Can you please suggest how can I fix this problem? Do I need to >> install DBI >> module again and if that is the case which version would it be and >> where can >> I install it from? Or better would be installing absolute new version of >> Perl? >> >> *Also, following is what I tried in command line to install but didn't >> work: >> * >> >> >> PPM> install dbi >> Install package 'dbi?' (y/N): y >> Installing package 'dbi'... >> Downloading >> http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/ >> DBI-1.48.tar.gz ... >> Error installing package 'dbi': Error reading >> http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPack >> ages/5.6/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/DBI-1.48.tar.gz >> PPM> >> >> >> *Version of Perl:* >> >> Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790] >> (C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp. >> C:\Documents and Settings\mgupta>perl -v >> This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread > > This is also a very very old version of Perl >> (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail) >> Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall >> Binary build 638 provided by ActiveState Corp. >> http://www.ActiveState.com<http://www.activestate.com/> >> ActiveState is a division of Sophos. >> Built Apr 13 2004 19:24:21 >> Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or >> the >> GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. >> Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on >> this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to >> the >> Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page. >> >> >> Thanks much in advance for being so kind to help. I will appreciate a >> response back. >> >> Kind Regards, >> Mayank Gupta. >> 703-677-6984. >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Mayank Gupta<mayank.a...@gmail.com> >> Date: Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:15 PM >> Subject: Question regarding DBI.pm for Perl, v5.6.1 built for >> MSWin32-x86 on >> Windows 2003. >> To: dbi-users@perl.org >> >> >> Hello, >> >> >> I have a question regarding DBI.pm and hoping you will be able to help me >> with an answer. I am working with a perl script and when I tried >> executing >> the script, I got a syntax error: Can't locate DBI.pm in @INC. I >> checked the >> directories in @INC array and both the directories (C:\Perl\lib and >> C:\Perl\Site\lib) seem to miss DBI.pm. I also did the search in parent >> directory c:\Perl but could not find DBI.pm anywhere. Could be that >> DBI.pm >> module never got installed or got deleted by some other user >> accidentally. >> Can you please suggest how can I fix this problem? Do I need to >> install DBI >> module again and if that is the case which version would it be and >> where can >> I install it from? I am using Perl, v5.6.1 built for >> MSWin32-x86-multi-thread on Windows 2003. >> >> >> >> Thanks much in advance for being so kind to help. >> >> >
