Spreadsheet::WriteExcel and the ActivePerl 5.10 PPM repository

[jmcnamara]

Hi,

There currently seems to be problems with the ActivePerl 5.10 PPM
repository for Windows.

Modules, such as Spreadsheet::WriteExcel, that install executables via
the pl2bat fail in the PPM automated build process. Here is the error
report for Spreadsheet::WriteExcel.

This problem affects a large number of other modules as well. I've
logged a bug report against this and hopefully it will be resolved
soon.

It the meantime you can install Spreadsheet::WriteExcel via ppm by
adding my repository to your list of repositories as follows:

1. Start ppm in gui mode (ppm gui).
2. Choose the Edit->Preferences->Repositories tab.
3. Add Name: Spreadsheet::WriteExcel repository.
4. Add Location: http://homepage.eircom.net/~jmcnamara/perl
5. Click Add.
6. Click Ok to exit preferences.
7. Select the "View all packages [Ctrl +1]" option.
8. Search for Spreadsheet-WriteExcel (note hyphen).
9. Select "Mark module for install" (+).
10. Add Ole-Storage_Lite and Parse-RecDescent for installation.
11. Select "Run marked actions" (Ctrl+Enter).
12. Exit.

John.
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[jmcnamara]

On Feb 18, 11:29 am, jmcnamara <jmcnam...@cpan.org> wrote:

> Modules, such as Spreadsheet::WriteExcel, that install executables via
> the pl2bat fail in the PPM automated build process. Here is the error
> report for Spreadsheet::WriteExcel.

Left out the link:

http://ppm.activestate.com/BuildStatus/5.10-windows/windows-5.10/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.20.txt

J.
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