Hi Matt, Have you tried ActivePerl 5.10.1.build 1006 (this is one of the recent builds about 3-4 months back i guess)? I am running TPP on this version and installation was smooth.
Regards, Amit Kumar Yadav Senior Research Fellow (SRF-CSIR) IGIB, New Delhi (India) http://masswiz.igib.res.in On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:58 AM, Matthew Padula <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Natalie. The other versions of ActivePerl will not let TPP install, at > least not the three different versions I tried yesterday including > 5.8.9.827. All came up with the message described in your email. If they > have worked fine for other installs, what have I managed to do wrong? The > process seems fairly idiotproof. > > > > > > > > Matt Padula (PhD). > > Technical Specialist. > > Proteomics Technology Centre of Expertise. > > University of Technology, Sydney. > > Level 6. Building 4. > > Cnr Harris St and Thomas St. > > Ultimo NSW 2007 > > Australia. > > Fax +61 2 9514 8206 > > Mob +61 (0)403 838 981 > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Natalie Tasman > *Sent:* Wednesday, 10 March 2010 5:31 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [spctools-discuss] Active Perl 5.8.9.826 no longer > available > > > > I see that in the current TPP (4.3.1) installer, we say " TPP requires > ActivePerl version 5.8.8 or 5.10.x (available for free ActiveState, but we > are not allowed to distribute it directly). Please install ActivePerl from > [... ] and try the TPP installer again." However I see that the links we > gave for ActiveState pointed to specific versions of Perl. We don't have any > control over the ActiveState website, so the link shouldn't be so specific > and we should just point to the top of the ActiveState website and let the > user find the perl downloads themselves. This was probably a case of trying > to be helpful (by pointing to then-current Perl downloads directly) and then > getting bitten by changes in an external website. > > Thanks for pointing this out and we'll change the link for future > releases. For now, the text of the message remains true: any recent 5.8 > (5.8.8 or greater) or 5.10.x version will work fine. > > -Natalie > > > > > > On 3/8/10 4:55 PM, Matt Padula wrote: > > Hi all. I have tried to install TPP on a different computer in the > > lab. On searching ActiveState's website for the required version of > > ActivePerl, I have discovered that it is no longer available. A quick > > search with Google for an alternative source of the installer has > > turned up nothing. Would anyone be able to direct me to a source? > > Version 5.8.9.827 does not work with the installer. > > > > With the publication of the papers recently, I think a few more people > > will be needing this. > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "spctools-discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<spctools-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/spctools-discuss?hl=en. > UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F > DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain > confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not > read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If > you have received this message in error, please notify the sender > immediately > and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of > the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with > authority, > states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before > opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. > > Think. Green. Do. > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "spctools-discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<spctools-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/spctools-discuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "spctools-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spctools-discuss?hl=en.
