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

[David Spoelstra]

To help you out, I brought up Perl 5.6.1 and checked.  Yes, at step 8 below, 
type "install Data-Dumper" and Enter.
If you want to use the "US State and City Database", you will also need to 
type "install Compress-Zlib" and Enter after step 8 for both Perl 5.6.x and 
5.8.x.
-David, N9KT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Spoelstra" <davids at mediamachine.com>
To: "Iain Philipps" <iain.philipps at sms.xerox.com>; "The DXSpider Support 
list" <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Help Needed: New install on WinXP


> 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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