Re: Issues with DBD::mysql - please help

[fishmonger]

The ppd is in the Bribes repository.

ppm install http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/DBD-mysql.ppd

[drohr]

yes, i tried both commands:
C:\Users\me>ppm install http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/DBD-mysql.ppd
ppm install failed: 500 Can't connect to www.bribes.org:80 (10061)

C:\Users\me>ppm install DBD-mysql
ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provides DBD-mysql

[fishmonger]

Can you ping www.bribes.org?

C:\>ping /n 1 www.bribes.org

Pinging www.bribes.org [151.236.47.137] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 151.236.47.137: bytes=32 time=146ms TTL=44

Ping statistics for 151.236.47.137:
    Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 1, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 146ms, Maximum = 146ms, Average = 146ms

I can also reach port 80 and load the page in browser.

C:\>nmap -p80 www.bribes.org

Starting Nmap 6.25 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2014-06-20 14:13 Pacific Day
+light Time
Nmap scan report for www.bribes.org (151.236.47.137)
Host is up (0.034s latency).
rDNS record for 151.236.47.137: bribes.org
PORT   STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open  http

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.46 seconds

I can also hit it with ppm.

C:\>ppm install http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/DBD-mysql.ppd
Installing package 'http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/DBD-mysql.ppd'...
Error installing package 'http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/DBD-mysql.ppd
+': Read a PPD for 'http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/
DBD-mysql.ppd', but it is not intended for this build of Perl (MSWin32
+-x86-multi-thread-64int-5.18)

[drohr]

so I tried to do this from my home machine where I am using activestate perl 5.12.4 on win7-64 and I get the following errors:

C:\Users\Darryll>ppm install DBD-mysql
Downloading DBD-mysql-4.022...redirect
Downloading DBD-mysql-4.022...failed 401 Authorization Required
ppm install failed: 401 Authorization Required

C:\Users\Darryll>ppm install http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/DBD-mysql.
+ppd
ppm install failed: The PPD does not provide code to install for this 
+platform

would it be possible for someone to send me all the installed files from the DBD-mysql installation so that I can use them? I have already gone down the activestate perl 5.16 path in my development and this is the last module that I need to get working. it would be a lot of work to switch to another database driver or another version of perl.

thanks,