in reply to Proxy server thwarts installation of DBI on Win32

Did you compile Perl itself with OpenWatcom? If not, I would not expect this to work. Usually XS Perl modules (like DBI) need to be compiled by the same compiler that compiled Perl.

I think you should try harder to get PPM to work. That's almost certainly going to be less trouble than what you're doing now.

-sam

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Re^2: Proxy server thwarts installation of DBI on Win32
by artsnova (Novice) on Jul 13, 2005 at 12:57 UTC
    Hi Sam,

    I used the standard Active Perl MSI install version so in answer to your question, No I did not compile Perl myself.

    Regarding PPM, I have reinstalled Perl, played with many commands unrelated to install (only to get "method not implemented" error messages on several), read the doc, confirmed that the proxy environment variable was correctly set by using the SET command in my DOS session. I really don't know what more I can do re PPM.

    I think it would be really nice if there was a bulletproof way to install Perl modules.

    Thanks from a frustrated Perl Newbie.
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      I'm sorry I can't help you get PPM working. I've never used it with a proxy; it's always just worked for me! Perhaps you can beg your system administrator for a direct route to the internet?

      -sam

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