in reply to help installing DBI

AFAIK, if you download modules from ActiveState, then you need to download the *.tar.gz that is specific to your version of Perl along with the *.ppd and then edit the *.ppd to point to change "http://....tar.gz" to something like "file://c:/...tar.gz" and then you can say "ppm DBI.ppd" and things should work (this is for getting around any number of web problems like ornery proxies, flaky servers, bad reverse DNS, etc.).

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

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Re: (tye)Re: help installing DBI
by costas (Scribe) on Apr 04, 2001 at 21:41 UTC
    Excellent it worked.

    1)For my information, exactly why is the ppd needed at all.

    2)Is there a simple way i can check to see wether a module installed correctly. I looked through the perl/lib after installing DBI but could see no DBI.pm.

    3)Can i usee the PPM to check what modules i already have installed on my system.

    Sorry for repost, format on previous was unrecognisable

    Thanks
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      1) Because that is the way ActiveState designed it? It allows PPM to pick which of several *.tar.gz files it needs to fetch based on what version of Perl you have. It records information about versions and dates of the packed-up modules so you don't have to download a huge *.tar.gz just to figure out what is inside.

      2) It will be in perl/site/lib/DBI.pm. This command: perl -MDBI -e "print $DBI::VERSION" shows what version of DBI you have installed and will complain if you have none.

      3) Yes. There is a help (or "?") command that lists the available commands. I don't have PPM handy so you'll have to go look yourself. (:

              - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")
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