Re: perl on win2k

[olivierp]

in reply to perl on win2k

While these 2 modules may not be the only ones you want / need, and that having your own source-based distribution has its advantages, I suggest you take a look here for DBI related ppm's for Win32.
Those packages are frequently up-to-date with CPAN.
There are also lots of other ppm repositories that can be of use, one of them is even run by a monk and accepts "packaging" requests under some conditions.

[ekkis]

thanks for the links. I had come across those repositories (the monk's, btw, hasn't been operational in a while... I remember it down a couple months ago when I first tried it). however what I can't seem to find is a working ppd of DBD::Sybase... even http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/8xx-builds-only/Windows/ doesn't have one. which is why I'd love to be untethered from ActiveState...

[mpeppler]

There are some PPDs at http://www.peppler.org/downloads/ActiveState/. An alternative that I've found to be quite nice is to install cygwin - gives you a nice bash shell, and the Unix build/make instructions work out of the box (well, mostly).

Michael

[Anonymous Monk]

perlmonk.org goes doesn once in a while, it happens with every host. Has worked for me all year http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/