AW: Problem in installing ActivePerl 5.10 on Windows 7 with x64 chipset

2010-04-15 Thread Thomas Bätzler
Hi, Rene Schickbauer wrote: > For me, the msi packages worked quite well for the last few years. > Altough i'm currently using the x86 versions due to some trouble with a > few packages - mostly the ones that link to an external closed-source > library, but i also had troubles with DBD::Pg. As f

Re: Problem in installing ActivePerl 5.10 on Windows 7 with x64 chipset

2010-04-15 Thread Rene Schickbauer
Sisyphus wrote: All four of those packages should install and run fine on 64-bit windows. I can vouch for that re the x86 and x64 zip packages on Vista 64, but I've not personally tried the msi packages (as I'm always worried they'll do something I don't want them to do ... possibly that's ju

Re: Problem in installing ActivePerl 5.10 on Windows 7 with x64 chipset

2010-04-15 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: "Bob McConnell" Has ActiveState produced a 64 bit package yet? Yes, x64 packages have been available for a couple of years (give or take). That is, ActiveState currently provide an msi package for both x86 (32-bit build of perl) and x64 (64-bit build o

RE: Problem in installing ActivePerl 5.10 on Windows 7 with x64 chipset

2010-04-14 Thread Bob McConnell
From: Sisyphus > - Original Message - > From: "CHAN, KENNETH >> I tried to Google it but couldn't find a solution. Do you have any >> idea how to fix it and install ActivePerl properly? Thanks in advance. >> >> === > > Not really - seems like some so

RE: Problem in installing ActivePerl 5.10 on Windows 7 with x64 chipset

2010-04-14 Thread CHAN, KENNETH 1 [AG/7721]
> Not really - seems like some sort of permissions issue. Someone on the > ActivePerl mailing list might have a better idea. I use the x64 build of > ActivePerl 5.10.1 (build 1007) - but I installed from the .zip package > (instead of the msi installer). > If you think that could be worth a try jus

Re: Problem in installing ActivePerl 5.10 on Windows 7 with x64 chipset

2010-04-14 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: "CHAN, KENNETH 1 [AG/7721]" To: I tried to Google it but couldn't find a solution. Do you have any idea how to fix it and install ActivePerl properly? Thanks in advance. === Not really - seems like some sort of permis

Re: Problem in installing ActivePerl 5.10 on Windows 7 with x64 chipset

2010-04-13 Thread Rene Schickbauer
'm guessing that you don't have the user rights to change the registry. If the computer is part of a domain, make sure you run the installer as local Admin. And, before i forget: Make sure you got all Windows Updates installed before installing ActivePerl. If you use

Problem in installing ActivePerl 5.10 on Windows 7 with x64 chipset

2010-04-13 Thread CHAN, KENNETH 1 [AG/7721]
Hello all, I was helping a friend to install activeperl but encountered a weird error. The OS is Windows 7 with x64 chipset. I downloaded the ActivePerl 5.10 for x64 ( http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/releases/5.10.1.1007/ActiveP erl-5.10.1.1007-MSWin32-x64-291969.msi ). After ins

Installing ActivePerl

2002-05-04 Thread Dean Theophilou
Hello: I was wondering if Perl has to be installed on the root of a drive. If not, then are there any disadvantages associated with NOT putting it on the root of a drive? It's been a while since I've installed Perl, but I vaguely remember there being some kind of advantage to putting Pe