Re: Fwd: Question regarding DBI.pm for Perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86 on Windows 2003.

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
>> [email protected]
>>   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<[email protected]>
>> 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: [email protected]
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
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