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

Sat Dec 18 21:57:54 GMT 2004

David,

Thanks for your assistance.  I *think* I'm making progress, but so 
far, I'm not there.

I did do the "PPM <enter>" and got to the PPM> prompt.  However, for 
each of the packages, I get a message that version "xxx" of that 
package is already installed.  Hummm.

So, I go to c:\spider\perl and do "perl create_sysop.pl" and I 
immediately get an error message that the program has encountered a 
fatal error (or some such), and do I want to report it.  The same 
happens with "perl cluster.pl", however I do get the two normal error 
messages (EIN and EIOUT).

Don't know what to do at this point, other than to start over with a 
fresh install of the latest from ActiveState, and try it.  Can you 
think of anything else I could try?

Thanks!

Dave N3RD

On 18 Dec 2004 at 15:47, David Spoelstra wrote:

> 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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