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

I am trying to install DBD::Oracle using the ppm utility.

This is the output:

ppm> install DBD-Oracle
Unable to recognise encoding of this document at C:/Program Files/xamp
+p/perl/sit
e/lib/XML/SAX/PurePerl/EncodingDetect.pm line 96.
Unable to recognise encoding of this document at C:/Program Files/xamp
+p/perl/sit
e/lib/XML/SAX/PurePerl/EncodingDetect.pm line 96.
Unable to recognise encoding of this document at C:/Program Files/xamp
+p/perl/sit
e/lib/XML/SAX/PurePerl/EncodingDetect.pm line 96, <$__ANONIO__> line 2
+0.
Unable to recognise encoding of this document at C:/Program Files/xamp
+p/perl/sit
e/lib/XML/SAX/PurePerl/EncodingDetect.pm line 96, <$__ANONIO__> line 3
+2.
====================
Install 'DBD-Oracle' version 1.17 in TEMP.
====================
Downloaded 213415 bytes.
Extracting 31/31: blib/script/ora_explain.bat
Unable to recognise encoding of this document at C:/Program Files/xamp
+p/perl/sit
e/lib/XML/SAX/PurePerl/EncodingDetect.pm line 96, <CLIENT> line 38.
Installing C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\dbdimp
+.h
Installing C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\mk.pm
Installing C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\ocitra
+ce.h
Installing C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle
+.bs
Installing C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle
+.dll
Installing C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle
+.exp
Installing C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle
+.h
Installing C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle
+.lib
Installing C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle
+.pdb
Files found in blib\arch: installing files in blib\lib into architectu
+re depende
nt library tree
Installing C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\oraperl.ph
Installing C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\Oraperl.pm
Installing C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\DBD\Oracle.pm
Installing C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\DBD\Oracle\GetInfo.pm
Installing C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\bin\ora_explain
Installing C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\bin\ora_explain.bat
'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
unlink C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\bin\ora_explain
unlink C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\bin\ora_explain.bat
unlink C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\DBD\Oracle.pm
unlink C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\DBD\Oracle\GetInfo.pm
unlink C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\Oraperl.pm
unlink C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.bs
unlink C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.dll
unlink C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.exp
unlink C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.h
unlink C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.lib
unlink C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.pdb
unlink C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\dbdimp.h
unlink C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\mk.pm
unlink C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\ocitrace.h
unlink C:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\oraperl.ph
unlink C:\xampp\perl\bin\ora_explain
Cannot forceunlink C:\xampp\perl\bin\ora_explain: No such file or dire
+ctory at C
:\Program Files\xampp\perl\site\lib\ppm-conf\ppminst.bat line 329
Can't remove directory C:\DOCUME~1\pc\LOCALS~1\Temp/DBD-Oracle-1-2608-
+1145645475
 (Permission denied) at C:/Program Files/xampp/perl/site/lib/PPM/Repos
+itory.pm l
ine 247
Error:

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I noticed on Google that many people have had this problem with "Can't remove directory..." with other modules but could not find a generalised solution or an explanation of why this is happening. Any help would be appreciated very much. Thank you.

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Re: DBD::Oracle install problem
by monsterzero (Monk) on Apr 21, 2006 at 19:45 UTC
    I just installed it from Activestate respository however I used ppm3 not ppm. Hope this helps
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      Thanks. But the same problem with ppm3.
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Re: DBD::Oracle install problem
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Apr 22, 2006 at 10:53 UTC
    but could not find a generalised solution or an explanation of why this is happening
    Really? Only a handfull of things could cause "Permission denied". You either don't have correct access permissions (unlikely), or the directory is use (open dirhandle), or it isn't empty. Example 
    C:\>perl -e"mkdir 1234; opendir IN, 1234;rmdir 1234 or die $!"
Permission denied at -e line 1.


C:\>echo >1234\test

C:\>dir 1234
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 44B0-3C2E

 Directory of C:\1234

04/22/2006  03:49 AM    <DIR>          .
04/22/2006  03:49 AM    <DIR>          ..
04/22/2006  03:49 AM                13 test
               1 File(s)             13 bytes
               2 Dir(s)   3,360,935,936 bytes free

C:\>perl -e"opendir IN, 1234;rmdir 1234 or die $!"
Permission denied at -e line 1.

C:\>

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    Any help would be appreciated very much. Thank you.
    Well it appears to be a bug in ppm (and maybe other things), so contact the maintainers of ppm, and maybe even search the mailing list and bug database.
    http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/PPM/
    http://bugs.activestate.com/PPM/query.cgi
    http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/Threaded/ppm

    MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
    I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
    ** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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