Problem installing DBI

[Vanesa]

Hi, I need to install DBI & DBD::ODBC but I'm getting an error message whenever I do that in PPM. Here's the error message:

PPM> install DBI
Install package 'DBI?' (y/N): y
Error installing package "DBI": Could not locate a PPD file for packag
+e DBI.

PPM> install DBD::ODBC
Install package 'DBD-ODBC?' (y/N): y
Error installing package "DBD-ODBC": Could not locate a PPD file for p
+ackage 
DBD-ODBC.

Any kind of help I will really appreciate. Vana

[c-era]

You may want to check your internet connection. Are you behind a firewall, or going through a proxy? Those can affect your ability to use ppm.post your ppm settings.

If you are still having problems, post your settings (type 'set' at the ppm prompt).

[Anonymous Monk]

Thank you for sugestion. I am going to check. Vana

[perigeeV]

You're probably behind a firewall or proxy. Try the pertinent FAQ.

[Dog and Pony]

Also check so that your repositories are set up properly, that can cause the same effect as firewalls, I've noticed.

Type "help repository" or "help rep" to get some available commands, at least in PPM3.

If you type "rep", you should get a list like this one:

  1. ActiveState PPM2 Repository
* 2. ActiveState Package Repository

with possibly more entries. Make sure you have such entries, and that one of them has a star ('*') in front of it.

If not, try to choose one of them with "rep set", or if needed, add a new one with "rep add" as per the help. Also try to set different ones to see if one might be down. I've had these entries damaged upon occassion, and it also behaved real badly then. :)

If you need to add one, try to add "ActiveState Package Repository" with the URL "http://ppm-ia.ActiveState.com/PPM/ppmserver.plex?urn:/PPM/Server/SQL".

Then again, if this is a firewall issue, then none of this will help. :)

A reinstall might also possibly be not quicker, but easier and potentially repairing other things too.

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[Anonymous Monk]

I check connection with intrnet afther that I was able to start installing DBI. When I finished that and I added data base file alias to DSN and I tested but I still have problem. I got message like this:

install_driver(ODBC) failed: Can't locate DBD/ODBC.pm in @INC
(@INC contains: C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib.) at (eval 1) liene3.
Perhaps the DBD::ODBC perl module hasn't been fully installed
or perhaps the capitalisation of 'ODBC' isn't right. 
Available drivers: ExampleP, Proxy.

[c-era]

I'd try reinstalling. If you still are having a problem, make sure that you only have one copy of active state perl installed (I've seen something simular on a pc with three copies of perl installed).