Randy, I tried to use your repository, but it outputs error like this: C:\>ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/www-mechanize.ppd Error: No valid repositories: Error: 401 Authentication required Error: 401 Authentication required
I have set the proxy along with my userID and password. Please help... Regards, Irma ----- Original Message ----- From: Randy Kobes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, August 4, 2005 8:15 pm Subject: Re: upgrading www::mechanize > On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, Sisyphus wrote: > > > It's pure perl, so you could install from CPAN source ( > > http://search.cpan.org ) using nmake. > > > > You can get nmake15.exe from either : > > ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/nmake15.exe or : > > http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc15/Patch/1.52/W95/EN- > US/Nmake15.exe> > > Just run the downloaded executable to install nmake to the > > location of your choice and make sure that location is in > > your system's path. > > > > Then unpack the CPAN source tarball, cd to the folder that > > contains the unpacked files and run 'perl Makefile.PL' and > > 'nmake test'. If you're happy with the 'nmake test' > > results, run 'nmake install'. Looks like ActiveState don't > > have a ppm of the latest WWW::Mechanize because one of the > > tests failed or hanged. If the same happens for you, the > > choice is either to fix the problem, or just install it > > anyway and hope that the problem is not going to affect > > the things that you want to do. (Sometimes test failures > > arise from bugs in the test scripts, rather than bugs in > > the module being tested.) > > On my system, the tests that failed had to do with > connecting to a live server; the failures may have been > due to changes in the content from the server that > the tests expect. All of the non-live tests passed. > > Rob's advice about getting 'nmake' and subsequently > installing pure Perl modules yourself is good, so that one > doesn't run into delays like this. If desired, though, I put > up a current WWW-Mechanize package in our repository at > http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/. > > -- > best regards, > randy > _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
