Re: perl on win2k

ActiveState has those modules
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/search/searchModules?query=DBD
I can't really see the point in what you are trying to do - I mean you are trying to build something meant for a *nix distribution on a windows machine. ActiveState has a package manager that works pretty much like the perl -MCPAN -e shell command..just install ActiveState then from the install dir go to bin then fire up ppm should look like this:

C:\Perl\bin>ppm
PPM - Programmer's Package Manager version 3.1.
Copyright (c) 2001 ActiveState Corp. All Rights Reserved.
ActiveState is a devision of Sophos.

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

Type 'help' to get started.

ppm> install DBD::Oracle
[download]

cheers
Jeffery

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Re^2: perl on win2k by ekkis (Initiate) on Dec 01, 2004 at 01:37 UTC
`ppm> install DBD::Oracle` [download] if only it were that simple. another module I can't seem to find: Sybase::DBlib	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: perl on win2k by Anonymous Monk on Dec 02, 2004 at 12:25 UTC
search first, install later	[reply]
Re^2: perl on win2k by ekkis (Initiate) on Dec 01, 2004 at 01:52 UTC
> I can't really see the point in what you are trying to do one other thing that just kills me: `# perl -D -le 'print "ok"' Recompile perl with -DDEBUGGING to use -D switch` [download] grr...	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: perl on win2k by ekkis (Initiate) on Nov 30, 2004 at 23:24 UTC
> I can't really see the point in what you are trying to do it's really more about the freedom to be able to install any module from CPAN I may need without being held hostage by the lack of a package than about compiling perl. I have found package support poor and to date I cannot make DBD::Sybase/Oracle work on anything above 5.6.0 > ppm> install DBD::Oracle I get: `Searching for 'DBD::Oracle' returned no results. Try a broader search +first.` [download] evn after adding the esoftmatic repository that olivierp pointed me to... and if I download the files myself and install them e.g. /ppm install DBD-Sybase.ppd/, trying to use I get errors: `perl -le ' use DBI; use DBD::Sybase; '` [download] yields: `The context allocation routine failed. The following problem caused the failure: Invalid context version.` [download] it is SO painful to work in w2k! ah!!!	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: perl on win2k by DaWolf (Curate) on Dec 01, 2004 at 06:13 UTC
it's really more about the freedom to be able to install any module from CPAN I may need without being held hostage by the lack of a package than about compiling perl. Take a look at these Tutorials on the Monastery: HowTo build and distribute a PPMed module for Win32 A Practical Guide to Compiling C based Modules under ActiveState using Microsoft C++ Hope that helps. Er Galvão Abbott www.galvao.eti.br Porto Alegre Perl Mongers	[reply]