Installing DBI

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Re: Installing DBI by Anonymous Monk on Apr 01, 2002 at 16:24 UTC
Since you're getting "Bad command or file name", I assume you're on Windows. If you are using ActivePerl then you do not need to compile DBI yourself. You can download and install a precompiled package. Download the following two files (since you dont have Internet access on that PC, you may need to transfer the files using floppies or whatever) http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6/DBI.ppd and http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/DBI.tar.gz Open the DBI.ppd file and edit the CODEBASE tag to point to the DBI.tar.gz file; e.g., `<CODEBASE HREF="c:/temp/pkg/x86/DBI.tar.gz" />` Then, type : ppm install DBI.ppd --perlplexer	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Installing DBI by talexb (Chancellor) on Apr 01, 2002 at 14:17 UTC
You haven't given us much to work on, but my first guess would be that you don't have `make`. I believe you can get one from either ActiveState or from Microsoft. I almost didn't post because I don't have links to either company's site (therefore it's not a complete post), but this should get you going. --t. alex "Here's the chocolates, and here's the flowers. Now how 'bout it, widder hen, will ya marry me?" --Foghorn Leghorn	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Installing DBI by Kanji (Parson) on Apr 01, 2002 at 15:45 UTC
nmake Microsoft dmake ActiveState ... sorta `:-)` --k.	[reply]
Re: Re: Installing DBI by belg4mit (Prior) on Apr 12, 2002 at 01:19 UTC
I happened across jam by Perforce earlier... `-- perl -pe "s/\b;([mnst])/'\1/mg"`	[reply]
Re: Installing DBI by virtualsue (Vicar) on Apr 01, 2002 at 14:41 UTC
I suggest you install gnu make.	[reply]
Re: Installing DBI by dhable (Monk) on Apr 01, 2002 at 16:26 UTC
If you don't want to install make and have ActiveState Perl, open the command line and type `ppm`. This is the Perl Package Manager. This will allow you to seach the ActiveState archive of modules and install any of them. for DBI, just type `install DBI`. If you want to see all of the DBI releated things to install, type `search DBI`. Once ppm has installed the modules, you can start using them on your machine without the need to use make or other gnu tools. While this makes life eaiser, ActiveState doesn't keep the ppm archive on the cutting edge. I've found many version of modules to be behind CPAN.	[reply] [d/l] [select]