Error No Suitable Installation Target Found For Package Dbi
Q&A Tutorials Poetry RecentThreads NewestNodes Donate What'sNew on Jul 02, 2003 at 15:41UTC ( #270846=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help?? NetWallah has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question: I'm hoping this re-post from an older thread with a more apt 'subject' will get a response. crazyinsomniac suggested a corrupt ppm.xml in this response, but the command to fix it did not work : G:\Perl\site\lib>ppm genconfig > ppm.xml Unknown or ambiguous command 'genconfig'; type 'help' for commands. [download] The ppm.xml file did not exist(still doesn't), so I tried to create it in place. Anyway, there is no "genconfig" command documented in the help. Searching Activestate's bug list revealed nothing. In case it helps - here are some details of my ppm:G:\Perl\site\lib>ppm PPM - Programmer's Package Manager version 3.1. Copyright (c) 2001 ActiveState SRL. All Rights Reserved. Entering interactive shell. Using Term::ReadLine::Stub as readline lib +rary. Type 'help' to get started. ppm:AvtivePerl5> targ desc Describing target 1 (AvtivePerl58): Path: G:\Perl\site\lib\ppm-conf\ppminst.bat Port: 14533 Type: Local ARCHITECTURE: MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8 CPU: x86 LANGUAGE: Perl OSVALUE: MSWin32 OSVERSION: 4,0,0,0 PERLCORE: 5.8.0 TARGET_TYPE: perl VERSION: 3.05 Rebuildhtml: Root: G:\Perl\ Tempdir: [download] Here is the error that I get, no matter what I try to install ppm:AvtivePerl5> install dbi Error: no suitable installation target found for package dbi. [download] I get the same error no matter what I try to install. Comment on ppm trouble:'no suitable installation target'Select or Download Code Replies are listed 'Best First'. Re: ppm trouble:'no suitable installation target' by DigitalKitty (Parson) on Jul 02, 2003 at 16:46UTC Hi NetWallah. Try setting an respository: Synopsis rep Displays all repositories rep add [name]
found for package DBD-Oracle Message ID: 004301c28f5c$2aedb5a0$16e64318@11uotmk7zyhok3f Hello, I'm making progress on trying to install DBD-Oracle. Turns out my previous problem with the repository errors was because I had a \ at the end of the URL spec. http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=270846 Now that I've fixed that, I'm onto the next problem which is the following error I get. ppm> search DBD-Oracle Searching in Active Repositories 1. DBD-Oracle [1.06] Oracle database driver for the DBI module 2. DBD-Oracle8 [1.06] Oracle 8 http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.dbi.users/2002/11/msg15105.html database driver for the DBI module ppm> install DBD-Oracle Error: no suitable installation target found for package DBD-Oracle. I'm just wondering how I set a suitable target for this. Janet. Thread Previous | Thread Next Count of returned rows plus by Roderick A. Anderson RE: Count of returned rows plus by wiggins RE: Count of returned rows plus by Roderick A. Anderson RE: Count of returned rows plus by wiggins Error Message - No suitable target found for package DBD-Oracle by Janet C. RE: Count of returned rows plus by Roderick A. Anderson nntp.perl.org: Perl Programming lists via nntp and http. Comments to Ask Bjørn Hansen at ask@perl.org | Group listing | About
PERL Modules Hi, for my perl file to be executed I need to install DBI, DBD:ODBC. I have tried install by ppm. But my college server does not allow me to do that. http://www.justskins.com/forums/perl-dbi-installation-help-88752.html How can I download and install individual packages. I have some DBI.zip which has DBI.ppd, read me file. If I try to install that .ppd file it is saying "no suitable installation target found for package DBI". Shall I need DBI.pm file? Can u please give idea of what to download, where to put that file, how to install it? I am haing my perl filder in error no C:\ drive. ... Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page… Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode March 1st,03:29 PM #1 perl DBI installation help Hi, for my perl file to be executed I need to install DBI, DBD:ODBC. I have tried install by ppm. But my college server does not allow me to do that. How can I error no suitable download and install individual packages. I have some DBI.zip which has DBI.ppd, read me file. If I try to install that .ppd file it is saying "no suitable installation target found for package DBI". Shall I need DBI.pm file? Can u please give idea of what to download, where to put that file, how to install it? I am haing my perl filder in C:\ drive. I am using WInXP, Active state perl 5.8.X.. Thanks & regards, Siva Rajesh rajesh Guest March 2nd,04:13 AM #2 Re: perl DBI installation help "rajesh"