PPM and PerlCritic GUIs crash after upgrading to ActivePerl-5.16 on Mac OS X...
Command line works fine for both. ActivePerl-5.14 worked fine. Re-installed lastest ActiveTCL 8.5.12.1.Perl Critic fails as follows (PPM crash output will follow below):Process: perl-dynamic [2981]...
View ArticleInstalling ActivePerl v5.1x x64 bit on Windows Vista x64 and Config_w64.pm Issue
When I try to install ActivePerl (v5.14 or 5.16) x64-bit using the msi installer on a Windows Vista x64 I have the following problem:Perl complains that cannot find the Config_w64.pm file in the lib...
View ArticleMissing documentation
Hi.I have installed Activeperl 5.16.1 on two PCs. Both run Windows 7 but one is 32bit and the other 64bit. I have installed the correct version of Activeperl on each.However, the 64bit version is...
View ArticleUnable to run perl on windows 7 64-bit machine (DBD::Oracle error)
Hi,I tried to run a perl program on windows 7 64-bit machine which is compiled and generated with PDK 8.2.1 32-bit build. It is throwing error as below"install_driver(Oracle) failed: Can't load...
View ArticleNo Output When Running Perl Scripts
I have used Active State Perl for a few years on other machines (XP, Vista), but am unable to get Perl to install correctly on my new Windows 7 64 bit machine. When I run a Perl script that outputs to...
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Installation Prob: Missing Files? False Directories?
Hey everyone, ill try to keep things simple. Im running on Ubuntu Linux x64 (i think, but it doesnt matter because i tires 64 and the x86)I download ActivePerl, extract it to desktop with winrar, then...
View ArticleIncompatible version trying to install 5.16.2 over 5.16.1?
I am trying to upgrade an ActivePerl installation and I keep getting the error message"The selected directory contains an incompatible version of ActivePerl. Please choose a different installation...
View Article5.16 1602 install problem - documentation missing
I just installed Perl from the new 1602 install executable, having removed all traces of my 5.14 install. The majority of the documentation appears to be missing. None of the perl516delta files are...
View Article"Perl Command Line Interpreter has stopped working" when running PPM.
Can't get the PPM GUI to run. This is on Win 7 64-bit. Tried reinstalling 5.16.2 64-bit, with the same result. PPM command line seems to work. Just the GUI won't run. Tried 5.16.2 x86 and this launches...
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Frequently encountered problems may have an FAQ available.http://community.activestate.com/faq-list?tid=50
View ArticleInstalling ActivePerl (64) under "Program Files" disallows updation
I installed ActivePerl under "C:\Program Files\" and when I run PPM it just doesn't update the repository, says there's a permission problem?I installed it as the System user and have done everything...
View ArticleDownload URLs point to non-existant files
Nevermind... Must have been a temporary thing.The following links from http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads point to non-existant...
View Articlesh install.sh fails
when i tried to install activeperl on my Debian 7 box I received the following error: "perl/bin/perl: 1: perl/bin/perl: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string"Please advise how to fix.
View ArticleNo portable version available?
I would like to use ActivePerl occasionally from USB Stick but don't want to install it permanently on a computer.Is there no "portable" version available for download?peter
View Articlehow to import a win32 dll in 64 bit perl script
I have a win32 dll written in C. I am calling the exported subroutine of the dll from a perl script like this :my $func = Win32::API->new( 'my.dll', 'func', 'PPPII', 'P', '_cdecl' ); $return =...
View ArticleRunning more than one Perl as a Windows service causes problems
I have been using Perl as a Windows service since Perl 5.10 and it was good & stable for my purposes with a tick that ran every couple of seconds and would call back a routine within my Perl...
View ArticleNo Output When Running Perl Scripts
I have used Active State Perl for a few years on other machines (XP, Vista), but am unable to get Perl to install correctly on my new Windows 7 64 bit machine. When I run a Perl script that outputs to...
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Installation Prob: Missing Files? False Directories?
Hey everyone, ill try to keep things simple. Im running on Ubuntu Linux x64 (i think, but it doesnt matter because i tires 64 and the x86)I download ActivePerl, extract it to desktop with winrar, then...
View ArticleMigrating existing code from ActivePerl 5.8.7 to 5.16...what am I up against?
I have a set of about 20 very useful Perl programs, mostly under 2000 lines in size, all coded using Perl 5.8.7, build 813 on a Windows XP machine. I used perl2exe to create executables for these...
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