ActiveState Perl on Vista

[Duncan Garland]

Hi Lyle,

That was a lot of the problem. I added trouchelle and uwinnipeg to the list
of repositories and the list of available packages grew considerably. I was
able to install Devel::ptkdb, Calatyst and DBIx::Class using the ActiveState
PPM.

It didn't install the dependencies properly for Devel:ptkdb properly. I hand
to install Tk.pm separately. Once I had done that, it worked. I've never
used the other two packages, so I didn't know enough about them to do even a
simple test.

Strange that a CPAN install didn't work. I tried it with perl 5.10 on both
XP Pro and Vista Home Edition.

Thanks for your help.

Duncan

-----Original Message-----
From: Lyle [mailto:webmaster at cosmicperl.com]
Sent: 14 February 2009 21:50
To: duncan.garland at ntlworld.com
Subject: Re: ActiveState Perl on Vista


Hi Duncan,
  I'm in a similar situation. ActiveState have recently overhauled their
whole autobuild process. Which has meant there are a lot more CPAN
modules available, but it also means that some of those that aren't are
to many people important ones like your listed.
  All you need to do is add the uwinnipeg repo and you'll be fine.
http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/10xx/

Also, if you are doing Perl CGI under IIS7 then you may find that IIS7
is a lot more picky about the headers it gets.


Lyle


Duncan Garland wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just upgraded my laptop from XP Pro to Vista Home Edition. I've
> installed ActiveState Perl 5.10 on it as I've done with my previous
> machines. However, very little seems to install properly.
>
> For example the PPM (Perl Package Manager) list of modules seems very
small
> when compared to previous versions. Calalyst, DBIx and Ptkdb won't install
> via PPM or CPAN. I've never had Catalyst or DBIx before, so perhaps they
> aren't supposed to install on Windows. However, I've used Ptkdb for four
> years on Windows without any trouble.
>
> Am I just struggling to cope with Vista's eccentricities, or isn't Perl
very
> well supported on Vista
>
> Regards
>
>
> Duncan
>
>
>
>