Installing DBI and DBD::Oracle on WinXP

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I have perl 5.8.7 installed on my WinXP machine. I'm trying to install
DBI and DBD::ORACLE. None of the posting's I've read is helping.=20

When I run ppm, I get:
Error: No valid repositories:
Error: 500 Can't connect to ppm.ActiveState.com:80 (Bad hostname
'ppm.ActiveState.com')

I can get to this site using my web browser.

Someone suggested I reinstall PPM, so I copied ppm-1.50 and installed
it. It doesn't look the same, but, I don't get the error 500. Instead I
tried:
Ppm install ftp://ftp.esoftmoatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.7/DBI.ppd, the
error comes back:

Error installing package
'ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.7/DBI.ppd : Could not locate
a PPD file for package.

I tried one for ftp (which I already have installed) and it gives me the
same error.

I also tried downloading the files and running
Perl Makefile.pl
Nmake

It doesn't compile because of link errors - can't find some of the .dll
files.=20

Help

Bob


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RE: Installing DBI and DBD::Oracle on WinXP

Regarding the first problem this former post of mine may help.

http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.dbi.users/27423

-----Original Message-----
From: Hauptmann, Bob-P57289 [mailto:Robert.Hauptmann@gdc4s.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 11:56 AM
To: dbi-users@perl.org
Subject: Installing DBI and DBD::Oracle on WinXP


I have perl 5.8.7 installed on my WinXP machine. I'm trying to install
DBI and DBD::ORACLE. None of the posting's I've read is helping.

When I run ppm, I get:
Error: No valid repositories:
Error: 500 Can't connect to ppm.ActiveState.com:80 (Bad hostname
'ppm.ActiveState.com')

I can get to this site using my web browser.

Someone suggested I reinstall PPM, so I copied ppm-1.50 and installed
it. It doesn't look the same, but, I don't get the error 500. Instead I
tried:
Ppm install ftp://ftp.esoftmoatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.7/DBI.ppd, the
error comes back:

Error installing package
'ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.7/DBI.ppd : Could not locate
a PPD file for package.

I tried one for ftp (which I already have installed) and it gives me the
same error.

I also tried downloading the files and running
Perl Makefile.pl
Nmake

It doesn't compile because of link errors - can't find some of the .dll
files.

Help

Bob