Re^3: Win32::API in perl v5.20.2

What else do I need to know?

Seems to be a problem with the website ... that I'll have to sort out later today.
In the meantime, download:
http://www.sisyphusion.tk/ppm/x64/Tk-520_x64.tar.gz

Place that file in some folder and, in the same folder place a file named Tk.ppd that contains:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<SOFTPKG NAME="Tk" VERSION="804,033,0,0">
    <TITLE>Tk</TITLE>
    <ABSTRACT>a graphical user interface toolkit for Perl</ABSTRACT>
    <AUTHOR>Nick Ing-Simmons</AUTHOR>
    <PROVIDE NAME="Tk" VERSION="804.033" />
    <IMPLEMENTATION>
        <OS NAME="MSWin32" />
        <ARCHITECTURE NAME="MSWin32-x64-multi-thread-5.20" />
        <CODEBASE HREF="Tk-520_x64.tar.gz" /> 
    </IMPLEMENTATION>
</SOFTPKG>
[download]

(Beware the dreaded wrap-around if you copy'n'paste that code - safer to grab it by clicking on the 'download' link.)

Then 'cd' to that folder and run:

ppm install Tk.ppd --force
[download]

I think that should work as an interim method. It works for me.
If it doesn't, please let us know.

And I'll get the problem (which seems to be affecting all ppm packages) fixed as soon as I can.

Cheers,
Rob

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Re^4: Win32::API in perl v5.20.2 by Anonymous Monk on Jul 03, 2015 at 02:55 UTC
so intermittent 403? Thats weird :)	[reply]
Re^5: Win32::API in perl v5.20.2 by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jul 03, 2015 at 09:29 UTC
so intermittent 403? Well ... I can download the tarballs from my browser, but LWP::Simple and LWP::UserAgent are incapable of grabbing then (403 error). Is anyone else able to download (eg) http://www.sisyphusion.tk/ppm/x86/Device-USB-516.tar.gz using the browser ? (Or is it just me ?) Is anyone else able, perchance, to download that same file using LWP::UserAgent or LWP::Simple ? Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^6: Win32::API in perl v5.20.2 by marto (Cardinal) on Jul 03, 2015 at 09:36 UTC
Quick test, works for me via the browser and fails with a 403 via LWP::Simple. Update: Are you using a blocklist? LWP::Simple::get($url) does not work for some urls Update 2: yeah, setting `$ua->agent("WikiBot/0.1");` works.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^7: Win32::API in perl v5.20.2 by afoken (Chancellor) on Jul 03, 2015 at 09:47 UTC
Re^8: Win32::API in perl v5.20.2 by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jul 03, 2015 at 10:00 UTC
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Re^4: Win32::API in perl v5.20.2 by BillKSmith (Monsignor) on Jul 05, 2015 at 17:04 UTC
I am unable to follow your instructions. No problem downloading your link file with IE. When I click on your "download", IE downloads the file as a .mht file which contains your text surrounded by a lot of markup which I do not understand. If I tell IE to SAVE AS .pph, it only changes the .mht to .pph. The resulting file does not work/ `C:\Users\Bill\Perl>ppm install Tk.ppd --force No Perl script found in input` [download] If I create the .ppd file by pasting into gvim, the result is exactly the same. Bill	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Win32::API in perl v5.20.2 by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jul 06, 2015 at 00:25 UTC
The ppd file needs to be exactly as it appears in my post - no extra garbage. And both that file and the tarball need to be in the current working directory. I can copy'n'paste the ppd file or "download" it just fine - and I've absolutely no idea what's causing your difficulty in that regard. But the original problem should now be fixed (as I reported yesterday), so you should now be able to successfully run: ppm install http://www.sisyphusion.tk/ppm/Tk.ppd --force Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^6: Win32::API in perl v5.20.2 by BillKSmith (Monsignor) on Jul 06, 2015 at 02:19 UTC
Success! Thanks a lot. Bill	[reply]
Re^7: Win32::API in perl v5.20.2 by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jul 06, 2015 at 02:34 UTC