perl-win32-gui-users

Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Installing win32-gui

[Robert T. <rob...@an...>]

I've tried that and it doesn't work either:

C:\>ppm install --location=http://dada.perl.it/PPM Win32::GUI
Installing package 'Win32-GUI'...
mkdir C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1: File exists at 
C:/Perl/site/lib/PPM.pm line 314

I'm using windows 2000 so the command ppm is try to execute:
mkdir C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1
is nonsense

Does PPM work under Windows 2000?

I'd appreciate any further ideas anyone has.

On 22 Nov 2001, at 22:13, Marcus wrote:

> On 22.11.01 at 17:19 Robert Thorpe wrote:
> >I have downloaded the source files for 0.0.558 from 
> >http://dada.perl.it
> 
> Go to the same site and follow the instructions for using PPM with
> that, Aldo's, site. You just add his repository to PPM.
> 
> Last time I installed Win32::GUI, ActiveState had an old version still,
> so it's better to use Aldo's repository.
> 
> Marcus
> 
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Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Installing win32-gui

[Robert T. <rob...@an...>]

I can't get the Jenda repository to work either.  In fact I can't install 
from any repositories either ppm or ppm3 from the Activestate Perl 
distribution.  Though I can view their contents (when logged in as a 
user).
ppm won't even accept the command "search *" it gives "invalid 
regular expression" even though this is given as an example in the 
manual.
ppm3 won't even start it complains about the lack of existance of 
some registry keys.

Does anyone know if PPM uses a strange port no. that maybe 
normally blocked.  If not then considering that 3 other people have 
had problems with ppm the only reasonable explaination is that 
ppm is too flaky to be useful.  I have never had problems like this 
even building stuff from source.

I'm sure many people besides myself would appreciate it if 
someone put binary Win32::GUI on a website in downloadable form 
(eg .tar.gz).  Saving us from stuff like ppm that gives open-source a 
bad name.
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RE: [perl-win32-gui-users] Installing win32-gui

[Piske, H. <Har...@bo...>]

Guys,

seems nobody remembers how we did it about a year ago, so this is the way:
download the ppm file with a regular browser to your hard drive. I don't
remember where I got it (that's why I did not post this before), it was some
unpublished path on either dada.it or sorceforge, but I still have it so I
uploaded it to my perl site - you can get the still current 558 at
www.fairymails.com/perl/ (click where it says Win32::GUI)

Unzip the stuff somewhere. Open a dos window and go to this somewhere. Type

ppm install Win32-GUI.ppd

Note the .ppd - this directs the ppm script to look for a local file instead
of a repository.

I remember a few issues with a mysterious version 0.1, available for some
time at AP. If you installed that, it would refuse to be updated with the
numerically smaller version number of 0.0.558. Just to make sure, you can do
a ppm query after installation. If the version is not 0.0.558, do ppm remove
Win32-GUI and then ppm install Win32-GUI.ppd again.

Hope this ends this thread :-)
Harald

[perl-win32-gui-users] Re: Installing win32-gui

[Robert T. <rob...@an...>]

As you say, I have a proxy server and for some reason it doesn't 
allow accesses by ppm.  At this point it is probably customary to 
hit the offending sysadmin on the head with the Camel book, 
unfortunately I can't since he's the local perl expert.

Thanks to everyone for their help.

On 26 Nov 2001, at 15:19, Gross, Stephan wrote:

> Do you have a proxy server?  Have you ever been able to install anything
> else?
> 
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> 
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Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Installing win32-gui

[Marcus <li...@wo...>]

On 23.11.01 at 15:11 Robert Thorpe wrote:

>I've tried that and it doesn't work either:
>
>C:\>ppm install --location=http://dada.perl.it/PPM Win32::GUI

I meant adding the repository, which is the way described on the page.
I don't know what the difference is, but what worked for me was PPM's
interactive mode, rather than from the command line:

set repository ...

then

install ...

if it still uses the old ActiveState module, then you could remove that
one first.

Marcus

Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Installing win32-gui

[Robert T. <rob...@an...>]

On 23 Nov 2001, at 17:20, Marcus wrote:

> On 23.11.01 at 15:11 Robert Thorpe wrote:
> 
> >I've tried that and it doesn't work either:
> >
> >C:\>ppm install --location=http://dada.perl.it/PPM Win32::GUI
> 
> I meant adding the repository, which is the way described on the page.
> I don't know what the difference is, but what worked for me was PPM's
> interactive mode, rather than from the command line:
> 
> set repository ...
> 
> then
> 
> install ...
> 
> if it still uses the old ActiveState module, then you could remove that
> one first.
> 
> Marcus

I've tried that as well, it also doesn't work, I've even collared an 
adminstrator at my place of work and tried it as root and it still 
doesn't work.  Neither does the activestate ppm repository.

I suspect ppm is the problem at least in the later case.  I have 
difficultly believing that the address http://dada.perl.it/PPM/ works 
because it produces error 403: forbidden when viewed through a 
web-browser.  There again I don't know how ppm works and this 
maybe a perfectly normal error.

The only conclusion I can come too is that ppm is broken under 
Windows 2000, is there a ppm mailing list that I can consult?


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Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Installing win32-gui

[Marcus <li...@wo...>]

>The only conclusion I can come too is that ppm is broken under 
>Windows 2000, is there a ppm mailing list that I can consult?

Only the main ActiveState win32-perl-users list.

I had difficulties with PPM too. You could try PPM3. It's beta, but
it's a complete rewrite of PPM. You have to install it separately. It
could also be that dada.it is down at the moment.

Marcus

Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Installing win32-gui

[Walter J. <wj...@be...>]

I too am unable to install Win32::GUI.  The error message I keep
getting from PPM is: "Error installing package 'Win32::GUI': Could
not locate a PPD file for package Win32::GUI".  I'm using WinNT 4.0,
so my problem is unrelated to Windows 2000. Is the repository
missing a PPD file?

- Walt Joyce

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcus" <li...@wo...>
To: <per...@li...>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Installing win32-gui


>The only conclusion I can come too is that ppm is broken under
>Windows 2000, is there a ppm mailing list that I can consult?

Only the main ActiveState win32-perl-users list.

I had difficulties with PPM too. You could try PPM3. It's beta, but
it's a complete rewrite of PPM. You have to install it separately.
It
could also be that dada.it is down at the moment.

Marcus



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Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Installing win32-gui

[Jonathan S. <jso...@al...>]

I too had problems when I recently tried to install Win32::GUI onto my 
Win98 machine.  The problem was that was either a problem with the outside 
routers or something on Aldo's site, but I doubt it was a problem with the 
latter.  I discovered this by going directly to http://dada.perl.it in my 
web browser.  When I did this I did not get Aldo's Perl Site but some 
Telecommunications site .. weird huh?

I tried later by doing the following:

ppm install --location=http://dada.perl.it/PPM Win32-GUI

and it worked just fine!!!!  I would recommend you first try to browse to 
the http://dada.perl.it site and see what you get.  If you get Aldo's Perl 
site then try the ppm install I showed, otherwise you have bigger problems.

Jonathan Southwick
jso...@al...
Technical & Network Services
Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335
(814) 332-2755

At 11/23/2001 02:32 PM, you wrote:
>I too am unable to install Win32::GUI.  The error message I keep
>getting from PPM is: "Error installing package 'Win32::GUI': Could
>not locate a PPD file for package Win32::GUI".  I'm using WinNT 4.0,
>so my problem is unrelated to Windows 2000. Is the repository
>missing a PPD file?
>
>- Walt Joyce
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Marcus" <li...@wo...>
>To: <per...@li...>
>Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 1:59 PM
>Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Installing win32-gui
>
>
> >The only conclusion I can come too is that ppm is broken under
> >Windows 2000, is there a ppm mailing list that I can consult?
>
>Only the main ActiveState win32-perl-users list.
>
>I had difficulties with PPM too. You could try PPM3. It's beta, but
>it's a complete rewrite of PPM. You have to install it separately.
>It
>could also be that dada.it is down at the moment.
>
>Marcus