[Dxspider-support] ppm install failed: Can't find any

[Bob Harlan]

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>   1. W1NR Node status (Mike McCarthy, W1NR)
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>      db_file (VK3AMA)
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> Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:15:06 -0400
> From: "Mike McCarthy, W1NR" <lists at w1nr.net>
> Subject: [Dxspider-support] W1NR Node status
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> The W1NR cluster node and my WEB and email service is intermittent.
> Verizon will have a tech here in the morning to replace the FIOS ONT
> box. Until that time, DX cluster connections may get dropped. I will
> send a follow up when it is fixed.
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> Mike, W1NR
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I also had the same problem.  The WIKI now says:

It has been reported that ActivePerl-5.8.9.826-MSWin32-x86-290470.msi and 
ActivePerl-5.10.1.1006-MSWin32-x86-291086.msi) have some issues with Windows 
7, but version ActivePerl-5.8.0.802-MSWin32-x86.msi (available at 
http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/Windows/5.8/) installs as 
expected.


Bob, AK7S
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> Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:46:34 +1000
> From: VK3AMA <vk3ama at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] ppm install failed: Can't find any
> package that provides db_file
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> 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:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Info:
>>
>> XP Professional, SP3
>>
>> Celeron 2.93ghz, 960mb ram
>>
>> 8 gig free space on a 20 gig hard drive
>>
>> isp is Charter
>>
>> Charter's Security Suite, by F-Secure
>>
>> No internet access difficulties
>>
>> I am not conversant in Perl
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Following the instructions in the DXSpider wiki site,
>>
>>
>>
>> http://wiki.dxcluster.org/index.php/Microsoft_Windows_Installation#Microsoft_Windows_Installation
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> I installed Perl v5.8.9/827 with apparently no problem.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, I rebooted.
>>
>>
>>
>> C:\Perl>perl -v
>>
>>
>>
>> This is perl, v5.8.9 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
>>
>> (with 12 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
>>
>>
>>
>> Copyright 1987-2008, Larry Wall
>>
>>
>>
>> Binary build 827 [291969] provided by ActiveState
>> http://www.ActiveState.com
>>
>> Built Jan 26 2010 21:15:51
>>
>>
>>
>> Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
>> or the
>>
>> GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
>>
>>
>>
>> Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
>>
>> this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to 
>> the
>>
>> Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Adding the extensions went OK for "net-telnet" and "timedate", but
>> when attempting
>>
>>
>>
>> Ppm install db_file
>>
>>
>>
>> The following occurred:
>>
>>
>>
>> C:\Perl>ppm install db_file
>>
>> ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provides db_file
>>
>>
>>
>> After several hours of sleep I tried again with this result:
>>
>>
>>
>> C:\Perl>ppm install db_file
>>
>> Downloading ActiveState Package Repository packlist...done
>>
>> Updating ActiveState Package Repository database...done
>>
>> ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provides db_file
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, somewhere in there I installed DXSpider, but cannot get it to run:
>>
>>
>>
>> C:\Spider\perl>cluster.pl
>>
>> Can't locate DB_File.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /spider/local
>> /spider/perl C:/Pe
>>
>> rl/site/lib C:/Perl/lib .) at /spider/perl/Prefix.pm line 13.
>>
>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /spider/perl/Prefix.pm line 13.
>>
>> Compilation failed in require at /spider/perl/Filter.pm line 33.
>>
>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /spider/perl/Filter.pm line 33.
>>
>> Compilation failed in require at /spider/perl/DXChannel.pm line 33.
>>
>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /spider/perl/DXChannel.pm line 33.
>>
>> Compilation failed in require at C:\Spider\perl\cluster.pl line 64.
>>
>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Spider\perl\cluster.pl line 64.
>>
>>
>>
>> Has anyone else run into the failure of db_file to install and if so
>> were you able to resolve the issue?
>>
>>
>>
>> What was the resolution?
>>
>>
>>
>> Is there a resolution?
>>
>>
>>
>> I saw where this identical problem was posted last October 13^th ,
>> 2009, but there didn't seem to be a resolution at that time.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks & 73,
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> N4DW
>>
>> Sysop @ N1HEJ
>>
>>
>>
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