Timothy,
I got the module installed without using the,
"set repository tmp http://homepage.eircom.net/~jmcnamara/perl"; command
within the PPM(Perl/Programmer's Package Manager).
Earlier I tried setting the HTTP_PROXY variable to my proxy server, but
got the same error message. So all that I did in PPM is,
PPM> search Excel
{ The output returned a list of modules with the Excel pattern in it }
PPM> install Spreadsheet-WriteExcel
and everything went smooth and fine.
Can you please clarify whether the firewall is still an issue for the
earlier installation not to work ? Or is that the "set repository....."
command made the "install" command to look just alone in the repository URL
(in this case the problem is in the repository URL) ?
Very simply said, I am n't sure how the problem is solved, even though
it is solved !!!!
Thanks for your time,
Praveen
-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 October 2002 10:48 AM
To: 'Rajendra Babu, Praveen'; Timothy Johnson; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Perl and MS-Excel
Check out the activestate web site for more detail, but there are some
environment variables that you should try. The one I used to use is
HTTP_PROXY. Go to ActiveState's site and do a search for firewall and you
should find the right page.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rajendra Babu, Praveen
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:52 PM
To: 'Timothy Johnson'; Rajendra Babu, Praveen; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Perl and MS-Excel
Hi Timothy,
Please find my answers embedded below:
-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 October 2002 10:39 AM
To: 'Rajendra Babu, Praveen'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Perl and MS-Excel
The standard Activestate repository also has this module, so:
1) Have you installed other modules via PPM?
NO, this is my first installation
2) Are you behind a firewall?
I don't know, but I guess it should be the reason since as per other
ways to install from the web page
http://search.cpan.org/src/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.39/INSTALL,
the below test failed.
ppm > install File-Test
3) What version of ActivePerl are you using?
The version I am using is ActiveState Perl v5.6.1
SO if I am behind the FIREWALL, what should I do to make the installation
happen ? Please advice.
Thanks,
Praveen
-----Original Message-----
From: Rajendra Babu, Praveen
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:32 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Perl and MS-Excel
Hi All,
I am working on to interact Perl with MS-Excel under Windows '98. In
this regard I am installing a module called Spreadsheet::WriteExcel. As per
the instructions at the webpage
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~jmcnamara/perl/PerlExcelFaq.html, I went about
installing the module. But, I get the below error while installing via the
"ppm" utility.
"Error installing package 'Spreadsheet-WriteExcel': Could not locate a PPD
file
for package Spreadsheet-WriteExcel"
Operating System: Windows '98
Perl version : ActiveState Perl v5.6.1
Please see below the snippet of the system interaction while installing the
module.
Any help would be very highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Praveen
==========================================================================
C:\Perl>ppm
PPM interactive shell (2.1.6) - type 'help' for available commands.
PPM> set repository tmp http://homepage.eircom.net/~jmcnamara/perl
PPM> install Spreadsheet-WriteExcel
Install package 'Spreadsheet-WriteExcel?' (y/N): y
Installing package 'Spreadsheet-WriteExcel'...
Error installing package 'Spreadsheet-WriteExcel': Could not locate a PPD
file
for package Spreadsheet-WriteExcel
PPM>
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