in reply to Re^3: Tcl CPAN package installation Problem
in thread Tcl CPAN package installation Problem

Oh no sir, Here is the message log:
<<SNIP>> ppm> search Tcl Searching in repository 2 (ActiveState Package Repository) 1. Tcl [0.91] Tcl 2. Tcl-Tk [0.90] Tcl-Tk ppm> install Tcl ==================== Install 'Tcl' version 0.91 in ActivePerl 5.6.1.631. ==================== Can't unlink file C:/DOCUME~1/Adm-pr04/LOCALS~1/Temp/Tcl-0-928/Tcl-0.9 +1.tar.gz: Permission denied at /PerlApp/PPM/Repository.pm line 214 Can't remove directory C:/DOCUME~1/Adm-pr04/LOCALS~1/Temp/Tcl-0-928: P +ermission denied at /PerlApp/PPM/Repository.pm line 214 Error: error downloading 'http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6/M +S- Win32-x86-multi-thread/Tcl-0.91.tar.gz': 401 Unauthorized ppm> <<SNIP>>
The error message with Windows is:
<<SNIP>> WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe -perl -MCPAN -E "SHELL" The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction. CS:c789 IP:c1d2 OP:ff ff 00 00 00 Choose 'Close' to terminate the appl +ication. <<SNIP>>

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Re^5: Tcl CPAN package installation Problem
by bart (Canon) on Apr 12, 2010 at 17:24 UTC
    Urm... Perl 5.6.1?? You can't even download that perl version any more: the links are dead.

    And I have ActivePerl 5.8.9, and Tcl (0.97-r1) apparently comes preinstalled.

      Hay, this is great. Problem is solved now. Thanks Bart.