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>From: perl-win32-users-boun...@listserv.activestate.com
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>users-boun...@listserv.activestate.com] On Behalf Of Greg
VisionInfosoft
>Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 14:12
>To: Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com
>Subject: 'moving' an activeperl install to a new machine (xp to windows
7)
>
>hi all, ive got a wonderfully working activeperl 5.8.9 environment
>that was originall setup on Windows XP.
>
>so that i dont need to reinstall the many, many packages that ive
>ammased throughout the years - i had the thought to simply copy my
>entire 'perl' folder from the older windows xp pc to my newer windows
>7 pc.
>
>certainly this will move perl and all packages just fine...
>
>the problem with this, is i dont know how to preserve the built-in PPM
>database functionality.
>
What you want to do is:
ppm profile save [ filename ]
Write profile of configured repositories and installed packages to the
given file. If no file is given then print the profile XML to standard
output.
Then install the AS you want and do:
ppm profile restore [ filename ]
Install the packages listed in the given profile file. If no file is
given try to read the profile from standard input.
Jan D is on the list and someone else may have more input, but I don't
believe you want to just copy it across...
If you have any questions and/or problems, please let me know.
Thanks.
Wags ;)
David R. Wagner
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>originally i had 5.8.8 and only one file:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\GAiken\Local Settings\Application
>Data\ActiveState\ActivePerl\ppm-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5_8.db
>
>
>at some point in time, i ran a 5.8.9 install ON TOP OF my 5.8.8
>installation, and from that point on, the PPM folder structure somehow
>changed to become 3 files:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\GAiken\Local Settings\Application
>Data\ActiveState\ActivePerl\ppm-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5_8.db
> C:\Documents and Settings\GAiken\Local Settings\Application
>Data\ActiveState\ActivePerl\ppm-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5_8.db-journal
> C:\Documents and Settings\GAiken\Local Settings\Application
>Data\ActiveState\ActivePerl\820\ppm-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5_8.db
>
>I am suspecting that there is truly just one 'master database file',
that
>being:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\GAiken\Local Settings\Application
>Data\ActiveState\ActivePerl\ppm-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5_8.db
>
>
>does anyone have any first hand knowledge here what i would do, to
>somehow utilize my old .db file on the new windows 7 pc?
>
>i am thinking i can run the 5.8.9 install to the new windows 7 pc,
>then see if i can determine where the new *.db file gets created - and
>then possibly just 'swap out' the newly created *.db file with my
>original *.db file?
>
>i guess i have nothing to loose by trying this, but it would be nice
>if someone has walked this path before me, and can tell me which
>branches to duck under - so to speak...
>
>greg
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