Well I've got it *almost* all figured out... I deleted the perl folder, then (oops) uninstalled it from add/remove programs, logged off and back on to refresh the environment variables, and then reinstalled, and voila! I can get most "normal" packages now from ActiveState.... I still can't get the gdbm_file module that I was originally after, though... I'm now getting:
ppm> install 1 Package 1: Error: no suitable installation target found for package GDBM_File. ppm> Nearly the same error, but slightly different, and possibly still just me... Any ideas? --Jon -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Jaques Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PPM Error Hmmmm, Okay, I found some other references suggesting that it could be a problem with the repositories, and so I deleted all configured ones, and used rep add to put in Roth's repository (just so happens I was after GDBM anyhow), and I get this error: ppm> rep add Roth http://www.roth.net/perl/packages/ Repositories: [1] Roth ppm> search gdbm Searching in Active Repositories 1. GDBM_File [0.98.12.21] The GDBM_File for Win32 X86 ppm> install 1 Package 1: Error: no suitable installation target found for package GDBM_File. ppm> TIA, --Jon Jaques My perl is: C:\Perl\bin>perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 3) configuration: Platform: osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread uname='' config_args='undef' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=define useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='cl', ccflags ='-nologo -Gf -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX', optimize='-MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1', cppflags='-DWIN32' ccversion='', gccversion='', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=10 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='__int64', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='link', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf -libpath:"C:\Perl\lib\CORE" -machine:x86' libpth=C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\VC98\lib libs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleau t32.lib netapi32.lib uuid.lib wsock32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib msvcrt.lib perllibs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib o leaut32.lib netapi32.lib uuid.lib wsock32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib msvcrt.lib libc=msvcrt.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=yes, libperl=perl58.lib gnulibc_version='undef' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf -libpath:"C:\Perl\lib\CORE" -machine:x86' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS Locally applied patches: ActivePerl Build 809 22218 Remove the caveat about detached threads crashing on Windows 22201 Avoid threads+win32 crash by freeing Perl interpreter slightly later 22169 Display 'out of memeory' errors using low-level I/O 22159 Upgrade to Time::Hires 1.55 22120 Make 'Configure -Dcf_by=...' work 22051 Upgrade to Time::HiRes 1.54 21540 Fix backward-compatibility issues in if.pm Built under MSWin32 Compiled at Feb 3 2004 00:28:51 @INC: C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib . -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Jaques Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PPM Error Hello, I'm having some problems installing modules... The error I'm getting is: ppm> install 8 Package 8: Error: PPD for 'MLDBM.ppd' could not be found. ppm> It says the same thing no matter what I try to install, though it searches just fine. I've got gobs of disk space, and administrative priv's on a win2k pro machine... Any ideas? Thanks in advance, --Jon _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
