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

[David Spoelstra]

> 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.

Yea, hmmmm...

> 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).

And you did the "copy c:\spider\perl\DXVars.pm.issue 
c:\spider\local\DXVars.pm" and then edit DXVars.pm and change all the 
variables the Installation Manual talked about *before* you ran "perl 
create_sysop.pl"?

> 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?

If you did all the above, then no, I can't think of anything else.  I would 
use the WinXP "Add or Remove Programs" and uninstall Perl.  Then go into 
C:\Program Files and delete the entire Perl directory and then reinstall 
Perl.

I have done six different installs on Win 98 or WinXP using Perl 5.6.x or 
5.8.x and so far they have all gone fine using the steps I gave you and then 
following all the rest of the instructions in the Installation Manual.

-David, N9KT