Installing DBI module for Perl 5.8.4

When installing the DBI module through PPM3 in Perl 5.8.4.810
I get the following error:

Can't call method "ok" on an undefined value at
C:/Perl/site/lib/PPM/UI.pm line
881, <$__ANONIO__> line 17.

Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Installing DBI module for Perl 5.8.4

"szikria" wrote in message
news:1128432412.632513.203830@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com.. .
> When installing the DBI module through PPM3 in Perl 5.8.4.810
> I get the following error:
>
> Can't call method "ok" on an undefined value at
> C:/Perl/site/lib/PPM/UI.pm line
> 881, <$__ANONIO__> line 17.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>

On the very same version of ActiveState perl, I ran 'ppm install DBI' and it
worked fine:

E:\>ppm install DBI
====================
Install 'DBI' version 1.48 in ActivePerl 5.8.4.810.
====================
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\auto\DBI\dbd_xsh.h
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\auto\DBI\DBI.bs
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\auto\DBI\DBI.dll
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\auto\DBI\DBI.exp
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\auto\DBI\DBI.lib
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\auto\DBI\dbipport.h
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\auto\DBI\dbivport.h
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\auto\DBI\DBIXS.h
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\auto\DBI\dbi_sql.h
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\auto\DBI\Driver.xst
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\auto\DBI\Driver_xst.h
Installing E:\Perl810\html\bin\dbiprof.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\bin\dbiproxy.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\Roadmap.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\Bundle\DBI.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBD\DBM.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBD\File.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBD\Proxy.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBD\Sponge.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\Changes.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\DBD.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\FAQ.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\Profile.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\ProfileData.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\ProfileDumper.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\ProxyServer.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\PurePerl.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\Roadmap.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\W32ODBC.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfoReturn.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfoType.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfo\ANSI.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfo\ODBC.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\DBD\Metadata.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\ProfileDumper\Apache.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\DBI\SQL\Nano.html
Installing E:\Perl810\html\site\lib\Win32\DBIODBC.html
Files found in blib\arch: installing files in blib\lib into architecture
depende
nt library tree
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\Roadmap.pod
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\Bundle\DBI.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBD\DBM.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBD\ExampleP.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBD\File.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBD\NullP.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBD\Proxy.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBD\Sponge.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\Changes.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\DBD.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\FAQ.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\Profile.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\ProfileData.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\ProfileDumper.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\ProxyServer.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\PurePerl.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\Roadmap.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\W32ODBC.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfoReturn.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfoType.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfo\ANSI.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfo\ODBC.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\DBD\Metadata.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\ProfileDumper\Apache.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\DBI\SQL\Nano.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\site\lib\Win32\DBIODBC.pm
Installing E:\Perl810\bin\dbiprof
Installing E:\Perl810\bin\dbiprof.bat
Installing E:\Perl810\bin\dbiproxy
Installing E:\Perl810\bin\dbiproxy.bat
Successfully installed DBI version 1.48 in ActivePerl 5.8.4.810.

E:\>

Maybe the identical command will work for you, too.

Cheers,
Rob

Re: Installing DBI module for Perl 5.8.4

The DBI module I downloaded originally may have been a bad build. I
downloaded a copy from CPAN and I received successful results.