Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks, I recently updated to ActivePerl 5.18.1 (build 1800) and installing packages seems to be impossible for some reason: 
C:\>ppm search dbi
Downloading ActiveState Package Repository packlist...not found
*** no packages matching 'dbi' found ***

C:\>

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This occurs regardless of what package I'm looking for. Any ideas how I could resolve this dilemma? When I use the ppm GUI, I cannot list available, i.e., currently uninstalled, packages either.

Thanks.

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Re: Puzzling error when using ActivePerl.
by Old_Gray_Bear (Bishop) on Sep 29, 2013 at 00:22 UTC
    With out knowing more about how you updated to AP 5.18.1, I'd be suspicious about the missing packing list. A quick Google Search ("ActiveState 5.18.1 packlist") turns up hits from July and September on this year; it looks like there are problems with Cygwin and Debian not installing .packlist files supplied by vendors. (bug 195562, and others)

    You might try installing a fresh copy of the ActivePerl, downloaded directly from the ActiveState site, in a separate location and take a look for the .packlist file(s), and compare that with what exists in your updated directories.

    I suppose that scrubbing your current AP installation and starting from a fresh download is out of the question. (I'm sorry that I can't be more helpful, my "most current" ActivePerl is version 1601, and it finds the packlist just fine.)

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      nah, nothing about that, there is no repository, there is no repository packlist for a nonexistent repository to provide list of packages available to install :)
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Re: Puzzling error when using ActivePerl.
by wjw (Priest) on Sep 29, 2013 at 00:18 UTC
    I wonder if there might be some config left from previous install, such as ppm source and local ppm db.

    Been a long time since I have used ActiveState... Just a thought...

    guess I would check ActivePerl 5.18 Documentation -> Setup if you have not done so already.

    A bit more info would help too. What OS? 32/64 bit? Update from version?

    Hope that is helpful...

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Re: Puzzling error when using ActivePerl. (no 5.18.1 ppm repositories exist
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 29, 2013 at 00:22 UTC
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      The 5.18 repository should be OK. You only have to change to a "newer" repository when changing to a new major version of Perl.

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        The problem is that the install presets the repository to http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x64/5.18/1800/package.xml, but that does not exist.

        And according to this page(scroll to bottom), there are currently no repositories available for 5.18.anything on any platform.

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Re: Puzzling error when using ActivePerl. (no ppm packages found)
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 29, 2013 at 00:19 UTC
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