[Dxspider-support] ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provides db_file

[VK3AMA (Laurie Cowcher)]

 Hi Dave,

I went through the same situation and several hours trying to get
DXSpider working on my Windows XP platform. DB_File is broken for
Windows (something to do with Berkley files).

Tried the current releases of ActivePerl 5.8.9 & 5.10.1 with the same
DB_File missing failure. Much googling revealed that DB_File is now
core to 5.10.1 so not available as an external module, unfortunately
broken for Windows, for 5.8.9 none of the repositories have DB_File
available since it is also  broken for windows.

The solution (my node is working locally)  was to install 5.6.1 build
635 which has working DB_File support working for Windows. The
downside, 5.6.1 is 7 years old and took much googling to locate a
source for the Windows release and then further googling to find a
repository that still has 5.6 modules available (ended up using 3
different repositories to get the modules needed).

Hope this helps.

de Laurie, VK3AMA


N4DW - Dave wrote:
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> Last night I was attempting to set up a new DXSpider node on my main machine after a near catastrophic failure on my 6+year old DXSpider dedicated PC.  At this time, I’ll not discuss the failure, only the new installation.
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> XP Professional, SP3
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> Celeron 2.93ghz, 960mb ram
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> 8 gig free space on a 20 gig hard drive
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> isp is Charter
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> Charter’s Security Suite, by F-Secure
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> No internet access difficulties
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> I am not conversant in Perl
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> Following the instructions in the DXSpider wiki site,
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> http://wiki.dxcluster.org/index.php/Microsoft_Windows_Installation#Microsoft_Windows_Installation
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> I was unable to locate ActivePerl v5.8.8  as recommended, but I did find both v5.8.9/827 and v5.10.1/1007.
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> I installed Perl v5.8.9/827 with apparently no problem.
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> Yes, I rebooted.
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> C:\Perl>perl -v
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> This is perl, v5.8.9 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
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> (with 12 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
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> Copyright 1987-2008, Larry Wall
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> Binary build 827 [291969] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveState.com
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> Built Jan 26 2010 21:15:51
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> Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
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> GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
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> Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
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> this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to the
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> Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.
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> Adding the extensions went OK for “net-telnet” and “timedate”, but when attempting
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> Ppm install db_file
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> The following occurred:
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> C:\Perl>ppm install db_file
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> ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provides db_file
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> After several hours of sleep I tried again with this result:
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> C:\Perl>ppm install db_file
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> Downloading ActiveState Package Repository packlist...done
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> Updating ActiveState Package Repository database...done
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> ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provides db_file
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> Yes, somewhere in there I installed DXSpider, but cannot get it to run:
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> C:\Spider\perl>cluster.pl
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> Can't locate DB_File.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /spider/local /spider/perl C:/Pe
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> rl/site/lib C:/Perl/lib .) at /spider/perl/Prefix.pm line 13.
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> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /spider/perl/Prefix.pm line 13.
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> Compilation failed in require at /spider/perl/Filter.pm line 33.
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> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /spider/perl/Filter.pm line 33.
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> Compilation failed in require at /spider/perl/DXChannel.pm line 33.
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> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /spider/perl/DXChannel.pm line 33.
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> Compilation failed in require at C:\Spider\perl\cluster.pl line 64.
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> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Spider\perl\cluster.pl line 64.
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> Has anyone else run into the failure of db_file to install and if so were you able to resolve the issue?
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> What was the resolution?
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> Is there a resolution?
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> I saw where this identical problem was posted last October 13th, 2009, but there didn’t seem to be a resolution at that time.
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> Thanks & 73,
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> Dave
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> N4DW
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> Sysop @ N1HEJ
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