Re: Can't download and install Spread***::WriteExcel module on WindowsXP

On Oct 29, 8:49 am, tony1234567...@xxxxxxxxxxx (Tony Esposito) wrote:
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The CPAN.pm method to install the Spread***::WriteExcel module just plainly 'times out' from what I would guess is a firewall issue.  And when I download the .tar.gz file for Spread***::WriteExcel and try to unzip I get an error.

You need to 'gzip -d' a tar.gz, not 'unzip' it. A utility like WinZip
should automatically handle both tar.gz and zip archives correctly.

 
Please advise as to how I can install the Spread***::WriteExcel module on WindowsXP.
Thanks in advance.

I prefer to use the command line for running ppm (rather than the gui
app).

For perl-5.10:
ppm install Spread***-WriteExcel

For perl-5.8:
ppm install http://trouchelle.com/ppm/Spread***-WriteExcel.ppd

For perl-5.8, you might first need to run:
http://trouchelle.com/ppm/OLE-Storage_Lite.ppd

that's if you don't already have it and it's not available from the
ActiveState repo. Probably simplest to just add the trouchelle repo to
your list of repos, as then it's just a matter of running:
ppm install Spread***-WriteExcel

Cheers,
Rob


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