Off the top of my head, DCOM is Distributed Component Object Model (or is it method??). This, as I understand it, is used to access the OLE stuff in Windows. You may already have the updated DCOM components on your machine. If you don't then the Perl installer warns you I think. Looking back at the Activestate site, it says that only Win95 machines need the DCOM update although I beleive some Win98 machines (not 98SE) will need the DCOM update as well.
As far as DCOM/OLE and Perl go, Dave Roth (http://roth.net/perl) is the daddy. If you want to know more about it all, I suggest you join the Perl NT Admins (http://www.perl-ntadmins.com/) mailing list and post a message about it. You'll get some useful info from the guys there, including Dave Roth. HTH John -----Original Message----- From: Richard KHOO Guan Chen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 March 2002 03:45 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Perl for Windows 98 Er.... What is this DCOM? I thought I did not see any mention of this in the ActiveState site. I just downloaded (last night, in fact) and installed the Windows Installer from the ActiveState site and then successfully installed ActivePerl 5.6.1 on my Windows98 Lite (Windows 98 with 95 interface). Works I think. Just tested it with the simple example.pl script. At 04:26 PM 3/18/02 +0000, John Edwards wrote: > From the requirements for ActivePerl 5.6 > >Windows 98 > >Microsoft Windows Installer 1.1+ (available from >http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/wininst/1.1/W9X/EN-U >S/Ins >tMsi.exe) >Internet Explorer 5+ (available from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com) >DCOM for Windows 98 (available from >http://www.microsoft.com/com/resources/downloads.asp) > >HTH > >John > >-----Original Message----- >From: Johnson, Shaunn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 18 March 2002 16:22 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Perl for Windows 98 > > >--come on guys! *lol* > >--let me start from the beginning: >sometime ago, i asked for, and got, >perl training. it was cool. i got a >better understanding of what >was going on, methods, practical >application, etc ... > >--the training was ON RedHat 7.2, >perl version 5.6.1. so it's NOT that >i WANT to install it on Windows ... it's not >for me! seriously! would i let you >guys down like THAT? (answer: no) > >--however, the other folks in the class >don't have access to the server so >readily. some have to use their >laptops to get stuff done. while they're >on the road, they can write a few things >and move it on the production server >with a few modifications. > >--i have no control over what OS they >put on their laptops, but they did ask >for Perl for Windows (Windows '98 no less). > >--so THAT is the *real* reason why i need >Perl for Windows. > > >-X > > >-----Original Message----- >From: John Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sure. They're called Windows 2000 and Linux.... > >I wouldn't touch Win98 with a bargepole. Especially for developing on. >As soon as you get a perl script that goes rouge and starts eating >memory it will be much harder to kill off in Win98 than a proper OS. > >You could always install the 5.22 version from activestate. It's hidden >away in the older versions of perl section IIRC. > >[snip] > > >--------------------------Confidentiality--------------------------. >This E-mail is confidential. It should not be read, copied, disclosed >or used by any person other than the intended recipient. Unauthorised >use, disclosure or copying by whatever medium is strictly prohibited >and may be unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error please >contact the sender immediately and delete the E-mail from your system. > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------Confidentiality--------------------------. This E-mail is confidential. It should not be read, copied, disclosed or used by any person other than the intended recipient. Unauthorised use, disclosure or copying by whatever medium is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error please contact the sender immediately and delete the E-mail from your system. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
