Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

hi monks, Acually i am using p2 machine,few days back i instaaled Activeperl-5.8,now i am trying to install some modules by using ppm,but showing an error as 'error at line 16 of ppm.Tell me that is it a installation problem or my machine problem?.
After installation how i can i list the various default modules.
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Re: Minimum system requirement for installing Activeperl on my machine
by Asim (Hermit) on Jun 19, 2006 at 14:36 UTC

    That one's tough. Unless someone knows it off the top of their head (which does happen!), I, for one, need a bit more information from you. Tell us more about this error; like what module you're trying to install, and the exact text of the error message, and how you tried to install (using ppm install <Modules or URL> from command line, or by typing ppm and going into the app itself, etc.)

    Your system's processing power will have very, very little to do with any kind of errors like that, if I grasp your error correctly. I've installed ActivePerl on my old P2 system w/no problems as of about 2 years ago, and I doubt it's changed _that_ much.

    Listing the modules that are already installed is query * from within ppm.

    Thank you, and let me know if any of this helps.

    ----Asim, known to some as Woodrow.

Re: Minimum system requirement for installing Activeperl on my machine
by davido (Cardinal) on Jun 19, 2006 at 15:55 UTC

    The best place to find out about the ActivePerl system requirements would be the Active Perl system requirements web page. I think you'll find the system requirements to be very minimal. For Windows users, any x86 system that runs Windows95 and has enough hard drive space for the install will be adequate.


    Dave