[Dxspider-support] Can't find ActiveState Perl modules

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

PPM gui is now able to find all the Perl packages.  Strange...

- Jim

On 5/13/2008 9:13 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> I'm having trouble satisfying the Perl requirements for running DX 
> Spider.  The installation instructions on the Wiki page say:
> 
> Additional packages
> 
> [...]
> 
> Just type:
> 
> ppm install net-telnet
> ppm install timedate
> ppm install db_file
> 
> 
> I'm running: perl, v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
> (with 18 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
> 
> Copyright 1987-2007, Larry Wall
> 
> Binary build 822 [280952] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveState.com
> Built Jul 31 2007 19:34:48
> 
> 
> I can't find those packages:
> 
> ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provide net-telnet
> ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provide timedate
> ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provide db_file
> 
> I then tried the ppm gui.  It's pointing to http://ppm4.activestate.com 
> but that says no packages are available.
> 
> I went to the section of the ActiveState web site where you can download 
> packages:
> 
>    http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Perl/Modules/
> 
> But there's no net-telnet listed here:
> 
>  
> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Modules/Perl?module_name=N&order=name&query_start=71
> 
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 

-- 
Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us