in reply to RRDs.pm on windows

It seems that RRDs.pm is not a CPAN module (which, in my mind makes it instantly a bit suspect!) and that means that it's highly unlikely that ActiveState will have support for it in ppm. There may be another ppm repository that contains it - or perhaps one of the other ppm repository owners would take a request make it available.

Otherwise, as it contains an XS component you'll need to build it yourself. For which you'll need a C compiler.

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Re^2: RRDs.pm on windows
by fayaz-t (Initiate) on Sep 22, 2004 at 10:42 UTC
    Hi. I have already tried to install using the ppd file but this will not work. I used the instructions here http://sicm.sourceforge.net/install.html. But I get this error when I tyep install RRDs: error: can't parse : File does not exist: at C:/Perl/site/lib/PPM/PPD.pm line 1 99. any ideas please? Everything seems to be against me! I have even tried to compile with a c compiler but that also gives me errors.
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      The error message would seem to say you typed your command into PPM incorrectly?

      I downloaded the zip file from that site and extracted it into c:\temp\rrd\ . I then CD'd into directory c:\temp\rrd\perl-shared . I then started ppm3 and entered the command 

          install "C:/temp/rrd/perl-shared/RRDs.ppd"

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      and got output 
      ====================
Install 'RRDs' version 1.000481 in ActivePerl 5.8.4.810.
====================
Downloaded 358639 bytes.
Extracting 17/17: blib/lib/rrds.pm
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\rrds\rrds.bs
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\rrds\rrds.dll
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\rrds\rrds.exp
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\rrds\rrds.lib
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\rrds\rrds.pdb
Files found in blib\arch: installing files in blib\lib into architecture depende
nt library tree
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\ntmake.pl
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\rrds.pm
Successfully installed RRDs version 1.000481 in ActivePerl 5.8.4.810.
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        Hi I have gone into ppm and typed install "C:\rrdtool\perl-shared\RRDs.ppd" but i get this error and ppm bombs out: error: can't parse : File does not exist: at C:/Perl/site/lib/PPM/PPD.pm line 199. I have ppm version 3.1 and activestate perl 5.8.4. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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Re^2: RRDs.pm on windows
by clscott (Friar) on Sep 22, 2004 at 15:15 UTC
    rrdtool (http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool) is an amazing open source utility that I recommend for anyone that wants to easily visualise trends in their data.
    --
    Clayton
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      Hi I have gone into ppm and typed install "C:\rrdtool\perl-shared\RRDs.ppd" but i get this error and ppm bombs out: error: can't parse : File does not exist: at C:/Perl/site/lib/PPM/PPD.pm line 199. I have ppm version 3.1 and activestate perl 5.8.4. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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        Hi everyone I have downoaded a different versiono of rrdtool and when I use ppd I seem to be getting closer. Now I get the error: "no suitable installation target found for package RRDs". How can I fix this please?
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