Did you install successfully already? Exactly README file isn't there, I checked. I think you can do by copying them with your "hand", though I didn't test it. By the way esoftmatic has stopped to follow the AS version? Or DBI-1.43-5.8.3.tar is valid for 5.8.7?
Regards, Hirosi Taguti [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: uresh.kuruhuri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 8:41 PM > To: dbi-users@perl.org > Subject: Could not install DBI, DBD::Oracle for AS Perl. > Please help me out!!!!! > > Hi everybody,,, > > I have found esoftmatic.com showing the instructions for the > installation of the DBI, and DBD modules for the AS perl. > I installed AS Perl 5.8.7 on Windows XP. > > I tried to install DBI module for it as follows > ppm install ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.3/DBI.ppd > > as well as.... > ppm install http://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.3/DBI.ppd > > but it is bouncing with the following error: > > Error: No valid repositories: > Error: 500 Can't connect to ppm.ActiveState.com:80 (Bad > hostname 'ppm.ActiveState.com') > Error: 500 Can't connect to ppm.ActiveState.com:80 (Bad > hostname 'ppm.ActiveState.com') > (May be this is due to a firewall that is installed in the > organization) > > After this try failed, I downloaded the following tar files > from the link: > http://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.3/ > 1.DBI-1.43-5.8.3.tar > 2.DBD-Oracle-1.15-5.8.3.tar > 3.DBD-ODBC-1.10-5.8.3.tar > 4.Test-Simple-0.47-5.8.3.tar > > and unzipped them using the winzip and all the files have got > created in 'blib' directory. > > But I could not find a proper guidance for the installation > with these tar files. > > Can you please help me out in installing DBI, DBD::Oracle in > my machine with these tar files or any > alternative???!!! > > Hoping a reply. > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > Uresh Kumar KV > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at > http://email.indiatimes.com > > Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com > > Bid for for Air Tickets @ Re.1 on Air Sahara Flights. Just > log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now! > >