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Problems installing ActivePerl
I downloaded Activeperl form your website, but when I go to start the installation process I get this error:
"This installation package could not be open contact the application vendor to ensure that this is a valid installer package."
What is wrong?
People get this error if the the MSI installation package is corrupted during the download. You might have better luck downloading from our FTP site:
http://downloads.activestate.com/
Note that you can verify the downloaded file against the MD5SUMS published in each download directory:
http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/Windows/5.10/MD5SUM ( 5.10 )
http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/Windows/5.8/MD5SUM ( 5.8 )
http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/Windows/5.6/MD5SUM ( 5.6 )
You can get a tool to generate md5sum hashes from here:
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I also get a comment that the package cannot be opened. I have downloaded it from the FTP Server several times over the last day and continue to not be able to open Active Perl. I am running Windows XP. Are there settings that need to be changed to open the program?
I have seen situations where users behind a caching proxy server either on their network or at their ISP will keep getting a broken, cached copy of the file instead of the real file on our site. Did you generate an md5 string using the file you downloaded and compare it to the one on our ftp? Is it possible for you to try downloading using your home internet connection?
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JeffG
I've just installed ActivePerl on my computer (MS XP2002/SP2). I cannot run perl script (not even c:\Perl\eg\example.pl). The MS-DOS windows pops up and crashes down immediately.
Any suggestion is warmely welcome.
Thank you.
Davide
P.S.: Since im quite ignorant concerning computer stuff, plain language would be appreaciated :-)
I have downloaded this file ActivePerl-5.10.0.1003-MSWin32-x64-285500.zip
but when i try to install it, a dialog box pops up and says that it is not a valid win32 application, and can not be installed, can anyone tell me whts wrong with it? plz. thanks.
"ActivePerl-5.10.0.1003-MSWin32-x64-285500.zip"
"not a valid win32 application"
are you trying to run 64bit perl on 32bit version of windows? You need x86 version.
Trying to install ActivePerl in order to use SpamAssassin on WinXp & get the following error trying to install Mail-SPF with ppm. I'm following the instructions on website
http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/InstallingOnWindows
Any help is appreciated.
ppm> install Mail-SPF
ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provides Mail-SPF
I downloaded perl but i can not find it anywhere or open it...And when i try to run a script with the extension .pl nothing happens? Please help
Hi,
By way of full disclosure, I am new to using a mac -- longtime windows user. I am trying to download ActivePerl 5.10 for MAC OS X. Everything seems to go fine, but I can't find ActivePerl in my applications area. I'm not sure I understand the documentation, but there seems to be something which suggests that the program is not actually installed in applications area, but rather down some kind of user branch. When I use Finder I can see that branch and I can find some ActivePerl stuff, but there is nothing that looks like an actual program (just stuff like the image file, etc.)
I tried downloading and installing another program (JGRASP) and was successful in getting it installed into my applications area. So, I am able to have some success in downloading and installing.
What should I do? Thanks.