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Subject:    Re: RE: Newbie Help with XML:Parser and XML:Element
From:       Duncan Cameron <dcameron () bcs ! org ! uk>
Date:       2001-03-12 22:39:20
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Noah

You shouldn't need to install XML::Element as it's part of the standard ActiveState \
distribution.  Look in the 'site/lib' directory tree.

If it's really not there then your problem is caused by trying to install a 5xx \
module into a 6xx build.  The ppm files for  ActiveState 5xx builds are not \
compatible with the 6xx builds.

The message "Could not locate a ppd file for package 'XML-Element' for this platform" \
means that you're trying to install a 5xx package for a 6xx build. I think that the \
5xx ppd file has a line like <ARCHITECTURE NAME="MSWin32-x86-object" />

whereas the value for a 6xx build is something else (I don't remember what).

The best thing is to go to the Active State site and download versions built for 6xx.
If the module is Perl only, then you can download from CPAN and build it yourself:

perl makefile.pl
nmake
ppm install

Regards,
Duncan Cameron


On 2001-03-12 at 21:05:00, "Noah Genner" <ngenner@compusense.com> wrote concerning \
'RE: Newbie Help with XML:Parser and XML:Element':

> Hello,
> 	I'm fairly familiar with ppm and perl modules, but don't know a lot about
> the XML modules. I'm trying to install from a local repository  (i.e. it has
> been set as set repository local c:\packages) because this machine doesn't
> have a net link. I have the module (XML-Element) which I got from
> Activestate/CPAN. There is a ppd file and an x86 directory. The x86
> directory contains the proper XML-Elemnt.tar.gz. Everything looks good and
> as I would expect.
> 	When I do an install with ppm for XML-Element I get the following: "Error
> installing package 'XML-Element': Could not locate a ppd file for package
> 'XML-Element' for this platform" As I said everyhting looks in correct and
> in the right place. The only thing I can think is that the version of
> XML-Element I have is not compatible with  build 623 of Perl. Is that a
> possibility?
> 	On another note if XML-Parser is installed as a default part of Perl now is
> XML-Element also included? I don't see it in the included module list at
> Activestate.
> 
> Thanks Again.
> 
> Noah


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