RE: Installing Perl DBI

Try it with nmake and nmake install instaed of PPM if you have downladed
the DBI.

Regards
Razat

-----Original Message-----
From: Dilly raja [mailto:rajadilly@gmail.com]=20
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 2:21 AM
To: dbi-users@perl.org
Subject: Reg: Installing Perl DBI


I have installed ActivePerl-5.6.1.638-MSWin32-x86 in my Windows-Xp
system. I have to install perl DBI on it. I dont have Internet
connection. i downloaded the DBI-1.50.tar from the net and unzipped and
saved in a location. when i try to type the command "Install dbi" in the
PPM> it gives the "error cannot locate .PPD file." like this. I am new
to perl but i want to install the Perl DBI. What should i do if i want
to install the perl dbi in my system. Tell it step by step procedure
that i want to do.

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Friendly,
Raja.M

Re: Installing Perl DBI

Sorry, compiling from source on Win32 is nothing for beginners. I doubt
Raja has properly installed nmake and the C compiler ActivePerl 5.6 was
compiled with. For a beginner, installing PPDs from ActiveState's
repository is much easier and faster.

Don't get me wrong: It is possible to use "perl Makefile.PL ; nmake ;
nmake test ; nmake install" on ActivePerl, but it can cause a lot of
trouble (missing nmake, missing C compiler, wrong C compiler, spaces in
path to C compiler, tests failing on Windows, and so on) , resulting in
a lot of questions posted to various mailing lists, frustration and
wasted time. PPM and PPD files are probably not the best idea since the
wheel, but they do work without much trouble.

As a simple rule of thumb for beginners:

If you use ActivePerl on Win32, use the ActiveState repository for
modules and google for PPDs of modules not stored there. (Some modules
on CPAN list a private PPD repository in their documentation, use
http://search.cpan.org/)
If you use Perl on non-Win32 platforms (including cygwin) or compiled it
yourself from CPAN, use CPAN for modules.

Alexander

Gupta, Razat wrote:

>Try it with nmake and nmake install instaed of PPM if you have downladed
>the DBI.
>
>Regards
>Razat
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dilly raja [mailto:rajadilly@gmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 2:21 AM
>To: dbi-users@perl.org
>Subject: Reg: Installing Perl DBI
>
>
>I have installed ActivePerl-5.6.1.638-MSWin32-x86 in my Windows-Xp
>system. I have to install perl DBI on it. I dont have Internet
>connection. i downloaded the DBI-1.50.tar from the net and unzipped and
>saved in a location. when i try to type the command "Install dbi" in the
>PPM> it gives the "error cannot locate .PPD file." like this. I am new
>to perl but i want to install the Perl DBI. What should i do if i want
>to install the perl dbi in my system. Tell it step by step procedure
>that i want to do.
>
>--
>Friendly,
>Raja.M
>
>
>


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