Re: Install error

'make' is a program that is not commonly installed on Windows machines, which is what I'm guessing that you're running Perl on. Use ppm or ppm3, which would be the 'safest' way to install perl modules on a Windows machine.

Note on ActiveState Perl:

The code repositories for installable modules are not updated frequently (at least this is what I've noticed) and there are modules that are up on CPAN that do not show up in the ActiveState repository.

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Re^2: Install error by eyidearie (Novice) on Jul 18, 2005 at 19:46 UTC
Thanks, I tried to do this, but now I'm getting: Z:\Perl\Modules>ppm Install Spreadsheet::ParseExcel Installing package 'Spreadsheet-ParseExcel'... Error installing package 'Spreadsheet-ParseExcel': Could not locate a PPD file f or package Spreadsheet-ParseExcel Do I need to do something else first?	[reply]
Re^3: Install error by Transient (Hermit) on Jul 18, 2005 at 19:49 UTC
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> search parseexcel Searching in Active Repositories 1. Spreadsheet-ParseExcel [0.2603] Get information from Excel f +ile 2. Spreadsheet-ParseExcel [0.2602] Get information from Excel f +ile 3. Spreadsheet-ParseExcel [0.2603] Get information from Excel f +ile 4. Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-Sim~ [1.02] A simple interface to Excel +data 5. Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-Sim~ [1.02] A simple interface to Excel +data 6. Spreadsheet-ParseExcel_XLH~ [0.02] Parse Excel Spreadsheets usi +ng xlhtml ppm> install Spreadsheet-ParseExcel [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Install error by eyidearie (Novice) on Jul 18, 2005 at 20:08 UTC
Hi, Thanks, I did see this and I did try it, but here's what I ran into: Z:\Perl>cd bin The system cannot find the path specified. Z:\Perl>cd ppm The directory name is invalid. Z:\Perl>ppm install Spreadsheet-ParseExcel No Perl script found in input Z:\Perl>cd Modules Z:\Perl\Modules>ppm install Spreadsheet-ParseExcel Installing package 'Spreadsheet-ParseExcel'... Error installing package 'Spreadsheet-ParseExcel': Could not locate a or package Spreadsheet-ParseExcel Z:\Perl\Modules>ppm install Spreadsheet-ParseExcel.ppd Installing package 'Spreadsheet-ParseExcel.ppd'... Error installing package 'Spreadsheet-ParseExcel.ppd': Read a PPD for et-ParseExcel.ppd', but it is not intended for this build of Perl (MS ulti-thread) I seem to have the wrong build of Perl installed... or something?	[reply]
Re^4: Install error by eyidearie (Novice) on Jul 18, 2005 at 23:14 UTC
Hi, I contacted my system administrator, and it turned out to be an issue of permissions/access. It's now been installed, and your help is certainly appreciated, thank you very much.	[reply]