MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"

I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).

** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

C:\Perl\scripts>ppm
PPM - Programmer's Package Manager version 3.1.
Copyright (c) 2001 ActiveState SRL. All Rights Reserved.

Entering interactive shell. Using Term::ReadLine::Stub as readline lib
+rary.

Type 'help' to get started.

ppm> rep
Repositories:
[1] ActiveState PPM2 Repository
[2] ActiveState Package Repository
ppm> rep add crazy http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/5.8/
Repositories:
[1] ActiveState PPM2 Repository
[2] ActiveState Package Repository
[3] crazy
ppm> install DBD::Sybase
====================
Install 'DBD-Sybase' version 1.00 in ActivePerl 5.8.0.806.
====================
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YOU ARE WONDERFUL!   Below are my results:

C:\>ppm3
PPM - Programmer's Package Manager version 3.1.
Copyright (c) 2001 ActiveState SRL. All Rights Reserved.

Entering interactive shell. Using Term::ReadLine::Stub as readline lib
+rary.

Type 'help' to get started.

ppm> rep
Repositories:
[1] ActiveState PPM2 Repository
[2] ActiveState Package Repository
ppm> rep add crazy http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/5.8/
Repositories:
[1] ActiveState PPM2 Repository
[2] ActiveState Package Repository
[3] crazy
ppm> rep
Repositories:
[1] ActiveState PPM2 Repository
[2] ActiveState Package Repository
[3] crazy
ppm> install DBD::Sybase
====================
Install 'DBD-Sybase' version 1.00 in ActivePerl 5.8.0.806.
====================
Downloaded 62711 bytes.
Extracting 22/22: blib/man3/.exists
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Sybase\Sybase.bs
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Sybase\Sybase.dll
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Sybase\Sybase.exp
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Sybase\Sybase.lib
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\dbd-sybase.pod
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\Sybase.pm

***WARNING*****WARNING*****WARNING*****WARNING**

    In addition to installing DBD-Sybase
    you will need to download and install

        Adaptive Server Enterprise version 12.5 for NT.
        Developer's Edition U.S. Download (Client)

        http://download.sybase.com/eval/ASE_dev_win/NTclient.exe

    Be careful as it is big.
    Also, since I do not have access to a Sybasedb,
    this package hasn't been tested.



    The following links may be of interest:

        http://perlmonks.com/index.pl?node_id=247864
        http://www.sybase.com/ase_125devel
        http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1020071
        http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1020069



Successfully installed DBD-Sybase version 1.00 in ActivePerl 5.8.0.806
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ppm>
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I ran it through Komodo, and it's quite happily recognizing this module.  YAY!

So, next question... I'm assuming the WARNING up there is from crazyinsomniac, and I do need to download those files. Yes?

THANKS!    Lori   -D

So, next question... I'm assuming the WARNING up there is from crazyinsomniac, and I do need to download those files. Yes?

That's right. It comes from this. If you want to be able to use DBD::Sybase, you need those files (crazyinsomniac can't distribute those).

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"

I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).

** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

That's not the way. A Guide to Installing Modules -> I don't have PPM, how can I install a package?. That's basically at the top of crazyinsomniacs crazy ppm repository readme.

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"

I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).

** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

You are perfectly correct in telling me to RTFM... and I honestly have. I'd expect to be flayed alive if I hadn't at least tried to search for an answer!   ;-)    I thought I had outlined my steps above sufficiently to indicate that I have made a very dedicated effort to resolve it on my own but your response makes me think I didn't do a good job of that.

I've tried the steps in the links you provided over and over. And, unfortunately for me, I'm not able to figure out what I'm doing wrong. The links you suggested are the same ones I have been trying (plus some other's, like crazy's 5.8 ppm page). Perhaps I'm trying them in the wrong order... Maybe I don't understand the way something is written. I don't know.   :-(

If it would make everyone feel comfortable that I've struggled long enough and hard enough, I can provide the gory details of every step I've taken, with cut-and-paste results.

I will continue to google it to death and see if I can extrapolate advice from others and apply it to my situation. Thanks for your feedback.

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, but, alas, it still doesn't work. My script will come to a screeching halt when it runs into the "use DBD::Sybase;" line, saying

Can't locate loadable object for module DBD::Sybase in @INC (@INC contains: C:\Program Files\ActiveState Komodo 2.5 C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib .) at K:\Lori-Kdrive\Perl\example1-hello.pl line 3

:-(

Michael

I don't know anything about Sybase in particular, so I won't try to talk about that aspect of your problem. update: but see below However, in general...

If you want to be able to easily install things off of CPAN, you may be happier with cygwin instead of, or in addition to, ActiveState's Perl distribution. ActiveState mostly just gives you Perl, with some Win32-specific extra parts. This is useful, and it's what a lot of people want, and it integrates well with Windows, but CPAN tends to like a little bit more in the way of a unix-oriented environment. cygwin OTOH is not just Perl, but an entire POSIX-style environment. As such, it includes things like gcc, make, wget, and so on and so forth, and as a result CPAN.pm will feel more at home.

update: Having wandered over to search.cpan.org and had a brief look at DBD::Sybase, it looks sortof as though possibly it might potentially be pure Perl; if that is the case, you can install just by tossing the Sybase.pm file in a directory called DBD within the correct directory (i.e., in @INC someplace). But I could be jumping to confusions.

$;=sub{$/};@;=map{my($a,$b)=($_,$;);$;=sub{$a.$b->()}}
split//,".rekcah lreP rehtona tsuJ";$\=$ ;->();print$/
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I tried your suggestion. I put the Sybase.pm file in the DBD directory. But, my script still couldn't find it. There was also a Sybase subdirectory underneath that, and I tried copying the Sybase.pm file in there too, just to see if that would work... but nope... I'll keep digging. Thanks!

Well, like I said, I don't really know that much about the Sybase module. I haven't, like, you know, actually used it or anything, personally. I was basically guessing, from a quick glance-over, that it might have been pure Perl. It may also be that it isn't, in which case just copying won't work.

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$;=sub{$/};@;=map{my($a,$b)=($_,$;);$;=sub{$a.$b->()}}
split//,".rekcah lreP rehtona tsuJ";$\=$ ;->();print$/
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