Re: Activeperl ppm problem with gzread

You are not getting the full download which is about 2MB from memory. Try this. Download the zip file directly from http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/PPM/Zips

Unzip this file using Winzip or similar to say C:\tmp and then navigate to \tmp and run:

C:\tmp>ppm install DBI.ppd
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Works fine for me. I find downloading the zips and using this method generally works well.

cheers

tachyon

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Re: Re: Activeperl ppm problem with gzread by roik (Scribe) on Nov 04, 2002 at 16:58 UTC
Thanks, I have tried that approach, and there does seem to be a lot more data that is downloaded. It still throws up the same error though: `C:\tmp>ppm install DBI.ppd Installing package 'DBI.ppd'... Can't call method "gzread" on an undefined value at c:/Perl/site/lib/A +rchive/Tar.pm line 274.` [download] Maybe I should try to re-install Archive::Tar or Compress::Zlib? Cheers!	[reply] [d/l]