[Dxspider-support] Help Needed: New install on WinXP

[David Spoelstra]

Ah, perfect timing.  I'm rewriting the Windows installation instructions. 
I'm not done yet, but maybe I can help some here.

First off, you *must* be using an administrator account on WinXP.
Second, to use my instructions, you must have a connection to the Internet 
on the machine you are installing on.
Third, don't bother downloading the packages like in the current 
instructions - that caused me nothing but grief.  The easier way is to let 
the Perl Package Manager get you the latest, correct version off the 
Internet.  Here's how:

1.  Open a DOS (or "Command Prompt" on WinXP) prompt.  It's under Start|All 
Programs|Accessories|Command Prompt.
2.  Type "ppm" and Enter.
3.  Your prompt should now be "ppm>".
4.  Type "install Net-Telnet" and Enter.  This will automatically go out on 
the Internet and grab the latest version of the package and install it.
5.  Type "install TimeDate" and Enter.
6.  Type "install Time-HiRes" and Enter.
7.  Type "install DB_File" and Enter.
8.  Here's where my install might be slightly different than yours.  I am 
using Perl 5.8.4.x.  In that version, "Data-Dumper" is built in and there is 
no install for it.  I don't know about Perl 5.6.x.  You may want to just 
type "install Data-Dumper" and see what happens.  If it finds a package and 
installs it, great.  If it doesn't, don't worry about it and go on with your 
installation.  Either way, email me at n9kt at arrl.net and let me know what it 
did.
9.  At the "ppm>" prompt, type "quit" and Enter to exit the Perl Package 
Manager.

Now, go on with the rest of the install.  Email the list if you have any 
other problems.

-David, N9KT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Iain Philipps" <iain.philipps at sms.xerox.com>
To: <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Help Needed: New install on WinXP


> Dave,
>
> This isn't something that I've encountered before, so we are fishing in 
> the dark a little.
>
> It *smells* like a privilege issue. The user you're logged (into XP) as 
> has Administrator privs?
>
> (Ther's nothing wrong with the version of Perl you're using, BTW .....)
>
>
> Regards     -     Iain
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave Hawes" <dave.n3rd at comcast.net>
> To: <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 3:48 PM
> Subject: [Dxspider-support] Help Needed: New install on WinXP
>
>
>> One of the locals here in the Philadelphia area had his machine go
>> belly up, so we are trying to install DX Spider on a brand new Win XP
>> box.
>>
>> I installed an older version of Perl, namely v5.6.1, build 633.  At
>> the c: prompt, I type:
>>
>> perl -v
>>
>> with the following results:
>>
>> This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
>> (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)
>>
>> Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall
>>
>> Binary build 633 provided by ActiveState Corp.
>> http://www.ActiveState.com
>> Built 21:33:05 Jun 17 2002
>>
>> So far, so good.  I then proceed to attempt to load the additional
>> modules, again using the same versions of the five necessary as are
>> currently being used on other machines running 5.6.1/633.  This is
>> where I get an error that I can't seem to work around.  When I type:
>>
>> cd:\ppm
>> ppm install Data-Dumper.ppd
>>
>> but instead of installing the package, I get this error message:
>>
>> Installing package 'Data-Dumper.ppd'...
>> Writing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\.packlist
>> Error installing package 'Data-Dumper.ppd': Can't open file
>> C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\.packlist: Permission denied at
>> C:/Perl/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 167
>>
>> The very same message is displayed for each of the five additional
>> packages that are needed, so I'm stuck at this point in the
>> installation process.
>>
>> It seems like an attempt is being made to write a file, but access is
>> denied.
>>
>> So, what to do?  Is this a Windows XP security/sharing problem, and
>> if so, how do I get around it?
>>
>> Should I bail out on the older version/build and go with the latest
>> from ActiveState?  (I tried that before, but there doesn't seem to be
>> a version of DB_File out there any longer.)
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> 73 - Dave N3RD
>>
>>
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