Simple recipe to break PPM in ActivePerl 5.16
I'd recently installed ActivePerl 5.16 onto my development box. As a Komodo user who likes the built in perlcritic feature, I immediately opened up PPM to install 'criticism'. Not available. =/OK, I...
View ArticleLocal repository didn't work, remote repository did ?
Hi all,Could anyone explain the reasons behind what I had to do here ?I know nothing about perl/tk, but I had to install a (Win Server 2003) application which needed Active Perl 5.12.x and Perl Tk, and...
View ArticleIs SSL enabled in DBD-mysql 4.021 downloaded from ppm?
I hope someone can give med an answer as I am getting very frustrated reading all treads and articles I can find on the net concerning problems with SSL and MySQL. I have no problem with SSL when it is...
View Article"Mark For Install" and "Mark for Remove" buttons disable
Hi,Active State Perl Version : 5.16 Build 1601I just installed above version. And see that only 269 packages installed. Also, the "Mark For Install" and "Mark for Remove" buttons are disabled. I want...
View ArticleClass-Load version confusion
PPM is offering up Class-Load v0.19 PPM offers up Class-Load-XS v0.06 that requires Class-Load v0.20http://code.activestate.com/ppm/Class-Load/ claims Class-Load v0.20 is available but requires an...
View ArticleHow do I revert to a previous version of a module/package?
Seemingly, after upgrading the WWW::mechanize package from version 1.60 to version 1.72, my application hangs at a "submit_form" method when the server hangs. At V. 1.60 it timed out properly.Since I...
View ArticleMac OX 10.8.2 - ActivePerl 5.16.1 - PPM crashes on open
Hi,I have a clean install of OSX 10.8, with the latest updates to 10.8.2. I just installed ActivePerl 5.16.1 and tried to start PPM to configure my repositories and to add a couple packages that I...
View ArticleDBD::SQLite unusable while building package on win64 5.14 environment
Hi,I am the author of the SQL::Exec module (still quiet new). The module is correctly built for all architecture on perl 5.12 and 5.16. But, for perl 5.14, the build repeatedly fails on win64.The error...
View ArticleWhat permissions are necessary for PPM to allow access to area: perl?
I'm an admin on my Mac (running OS X 10.8.2) and have installed ActivePerl-5.14. My PPM does not allow me access to the install area: perl. I'm assuming there's a permissions issue. Can someone please...
View ArticleUpdating files in site area...failed
Hello,since weeks, I get: ExtUtils-MakeMaker 6.64 (have 6.62) Downloading ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.64...done Unpacking ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.64...done Generating HTML for ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.64...done...
View ArticleFinding build specific ppm repositories
How do I go about finding a particular ActiveState version of a ppm repository. I lost my repository list and I would like to add back the repository for Windows X64 for version 5.16. I cannot seem to...
View ArticleProblem accessing...
Is there an issue with http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x64/5.16/1601/package.xml? I'm trying to access the database using PPM and I get a 401 Unauthorized.I have no issues through a web...
View Article401 Authorization Required?
I have been using ppm ok for a long time. Suddely it requires authentication to access the ppm site. Why is this happening? Should I just wait for a while, and the problem will disappear?Currently my...
View ArticleActiveState Package Repository
I am trying to download Excel::Writer::XLSX package from the ActiveState Package Repository http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x86/5.12/1205/package.xml, and getting the following... Downloading...
View ArticleActiveState Testing Fails My Module on Non-Windows Platforms...problem with...
I just released a perl module, and noticed that ActiveState does some automated testing. It passed testing on your Windows machines, but failed on all non-windows machines.I looked at the test results,...
View ArticleExcel-Writer Not Updating
Excel-Writer is ~10 revisions behind in PPM for 32-bit 5.16 Windows Perl.I contacted the Author of the module and he has no idea why the build is failing.Any ideas?
View ArticlePPM Access for Business Edition ActivePerl versions
There is an FAQ posted under the ActivePerl heading regarding 401 Authorization messages generated by PPM.http://community.activestate.com/faq-list?tid=50
View ArticlePPM ERROR: 401 Authorization Required
The PERL Package gives me a error. Here is an example:Synchronizing Database ... DONE C-Analyzer marked for install Preparing install to site area of: C-Analyzer Downloading C-Analyzer-0.02 ......
View ArticleBad Install of Win32::API on Activestate Test Servers?
Our module is passing tests on all of the 32-bit ActiveState test servers, and passing on the 64-bit Perl V5.12 test server, but it's failing on both Perl V5.14 and V5.16 64-bit.The root cause appears...
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