Can't unlink file error when using PPM

[dhawal]

Can someone please help with error when Installing DBI package on Win32. Details (steps and complete error message) are as follows:

1. Downloaded DBI-1.35.zip from

http://www.ActiveState.com/PPMPackages/5.6

2. Extracted the files.

3. Edited DBI.PPD file to put in local path name.

FROM
----

<IMPLEMENTATION>
<CODEBASE HREF=&quot;MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/DBI-1.35.tar.gz&quot; />
<ARCHITECTURE NAME=&quot;MSWin32-x86-multi-thread&quot; />
<OS NAME=&quot;MSWin32&quot; />
</IMPLEMENTATION>

TO
--

<IMPLEMENTATION>
<CODEBASE HREF=&quot;C:/DK/downloads/perl/DBI/DBI-1.35/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/DBI-1.35.tar.gz&quot; />
<ARCHITECTURE NAME=&quot;MSWin32-x86-multi-thread&quot; />
<OS NAME=&quot;MSWin32&quot; />
</IMPLEMENTATION>

3. Ran PPM and added local dir as a repository.

4. Ran install DBI

At this point I get the following error:
====================
Install 'DBI.ppd' version 1.35 in ActivePerl 5.6.1.635.
====================
Can't unlink file C:\TEMP/DBI-1-3936/DBI-1.35.tar.gz: Permission denied at C:/Pe
rl/site/lib/PPM/Repository.pm line 239
Can't remove directory C:\TEMP/DBI-1-3936: Permission denied at C:/Perl/site/lib
/PPM/Repository.pm line 239
Error: error downloading 'C:/DK/downloads/perl/DBI/DBI-1.35/MSWin32-x86-
-multi-thread/DBI-1.35.tar.gz': 501 Protocol scheme 'c' is not supported
ppm>

 

[missbarbell]

The clue to the last error is this bit:

Protocol scheme 'c' is not supported

It thinks, as its in a HREF attribute, that the data transport mechanism is something called c:, when in actual fact it's file:

Try this

<CODEBASE HREF=&quot;file://C:/DK/downloads/perl/DBI/DBI-1.35/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/DBI-1.35.tar.gz&quot; />

or

<CODEBASE HREF=&quot;file:///DK/downloads/perl/DBI/DBI-1.35/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/DBI-1.35.tar.gz&quot; />

I haven't tried this myself, but thats why you get the last error. If you are trying to install DBI from local because you had a failed install previously, it'll be safer to try and clean up after the failure and reinstall from either PPM or the CPAN.pm module (see faq219-1687 for this installation method).

Sorry I can't be much more help

Barbie
Leader of Birmingham Perl Mongers

http://birmingham.pm.org

 

[dhawal]

Thank you so much missbarbell!

You are great. I tried your first suggestion of putting &quot;file://&quot; in front of the file name and the install worked.

I actually installed ActiveState perl after download from the site. I have tried to use PPM to work without manual downloads but I think office proxy server problems prevent it from working as is. I will take a look at FAQ219-1687 as you suggested.

Thanks once again.

Dhawal