Try running the cpan shell and calling "reload index"
cpan> reload index
Then try installing the modules you want.
-- David
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Alex Davidson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'll say upfront that I'm no Perl expert. I use ASSP
> (http://www.asspsmtp.org/wiki/Welcome) which requires the installation of
> Perl along with various packages, and that's about the extent of my
> experience :)
>
> With that said, I was having problems with ActiveState being unable to
> extract the .gz files it downloaded through ppm, so the developer of ASSP
> suggested I look at Strawberry Perl as an alternative.
>
> Having installed Strawberry on Windows 2000, I am getting errors when I try
> to install packages.
> ================================================================================
> cpan> install Email::MIME
> Creating database file ...
>
> Gathering information from index files ...
> fetch_info() failed! at C:\strawberry\perl\site\lib/CPAN/SQLite/Index.pm line
> 54
> , <DATA> line 1.
> Indexing failed! at C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/CPAN/SQLite.pm line 62,
> <DATA> l
> ine 1.
> Done!
> DBD::SQLite::db prepare failed: no such table: dists(1) at dbdimp.c line 271
> at
> C:\strawberry\perl\site\lib/CPAN/SQLite/DBI/Search.pm line 89, <IN> line 3.
> Catching error: "DBD::SQLite::db prepare failed: no such table: dists(1) at
> dbdi
> mp.c line 271 at C:\\strawberry\\perl\\site\\lib/CPAN/SQLite/DBI/Search.pm
> line
> 89, <IN> line 3.\cJ" at C:/strawberry/perl/lib/CPAN.pm line 359
> CPAN::shell() called at C:\strawberry\perl\bin\cpan.bat line 208
> ================================================================================
> cpan> install Net::CIDR
> DBD::SQLite::db prepare failed: no such table: dists(1) at dbdimp.c line 271
> at
> C:\strawberry\perl\site\lib/CPAN/SQLite/DBI/Search.pm line 89, <IN> line 5.
> Catching error: "DBD::SQLite::db prepare failed: no such table: dists(1) at
> dbdi
> mp.c line 271 at C:\\strawberry\\perl\\site\\lib/CPAN/SQLite/DBI/Search.pm
> line
> 89, <IN> line 5.\cJ" at C:/strawberry/perl/lib/CPAN.pm line 359
> CPAN::shell() called at C:\strawberry\perl\bin\cpan.bat line 208
> ================================================================================
> Also, here's what happens when I try to 'reload index':
> cpan> reload index
> Fetching with LWP:
> http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
> Fetching with LWP:
> http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
> Fetching with LWP:
> http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/modules/03modlist.data.gz
> Creating database file ...
>
> Gathering information from index files ...
> fetch_info() failed! at C:\strawberry\perl\site\lib/CPAN/SQLite/Index.pm line
> 54
> , <DATA> line 1.
> Indexing failed! at C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/CPAN/SQLite.pm line 62,
> <DATA> l
> ine 1.
> Done!
> ================================================================================
>
> I couldn't find a Strawberry-specific list or forum. Is there such a thing?
> In any event, could anyone suggest what might be wrong and how to go about
> fixing it?
>
>
> Thanks for any pointers.
>
> Alex
>
