Fluff <dune@[...].net>  writes:

>  I've just upgraded from AS Perl 5.8.6 build 811 to 5.8.8 build 819. 
>  After removing the old perl, rebooting, deleting the old tree and 
>  installing the new version I tried to run ppm, but I get the following 
>  error:
>  
>  ppm failed: DBI connect('dbname=C:/Documents and 
>  settings/Administrator/Application 
>  Data/ActivePerl/819/ppm-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5_8.db', '',...) 
>  failed: unable to open database file(1)
>  
>  and of cause, there's no such file when I look for it. I tried to create 
>  an empty file in a very hopeless attempt to foul ppm. No luck there either.

Did PPM manage to create the "C:/Documents and
settings/Administrator/Application Data/ActivePerl/819/" directory?

Did it end up with permission settings on that directory that prevent
files from being created?

Does it work to run 'ppm' as a regular user on the system?

>  So, how do I really solve this? I've removed 5.8.8, rebooted and 
>  re-installed again. And I've also tried to "repair" the install. Nu 
>  success there either.
>  
>  Please, I really need to get this working...

You could also try to set the environment variable ACTIVEPERL_PPM_HOME
to the name of some directory that PPM is able to write to.  This
override the default 'APPDATA' directory (the "C:/Documents and
settings/Administrator/Application Data/..." path above) that ppm
normally uses to store the database.

Regards,
Gisle Aas,
ActiveState
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