ActivePerl Install

[mirbard]

I'm going through the steps of setting up an emulator and I've already hit a snag.

I hit the web page http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl and follow the links to the download. I have 2 options for Windows: The AS package and MSI.

I download the AS package. The PDF installer guide implies that I should be able to doubleclick on this to start up an windows installer.

However, this is just a zip file full of files. I unzip it and look through the files and the only installer I can find is a .bat file. Running that simply opens a command prompt for a second.

Am I missing something really obvious here?

[lotuscorner]

check
http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=ws992mysql5

Install ActivePerl

It has come to my attenion that the latest release of ActivePerl has a GUI style PPM. I am currently working with this to make sure that it can be used properly. If so, it wll be in my PDF Guide with screenshots. For now though, you will need to download AP from the following link, scroll down to the file labled ActivePerl-5.8.7.813-MSWin32-x86-148120.msi

Should get the MSI one.

[Darkonig]

If you read the balloon by the download, it says try the msi version first. msi files use the microsoft installer functionallity. It then says give the AS package a shot if that does not work on your system. The AS package requires you to install yourself and does not provide for uninstalling.

The msi version worked fine on my system.

[mirbard]

Ah, msi = Microsoft Installer. I didn't know that - thanks!

[techguy84]

Sorry about that mirbard. Some of the steps in the guide assume that the person using it has some techy background and understand the various types of packages for release. Exe installers, Exe zip installers, Zip files containing exe installers, Zip files not containg any installers but ready to run.

I was going to give direct links to the files, but thats a bad idea as most vendors of software want you to visit their site instead of just downloading the files, plus they could change the link and therefore things will be broken and that cause even mor confusion amonst people that have no clue what there downloading (like me when I started)

[mirbard]

Eh, what can you do? If I had remembered what .msi was from waaaaay back in my desktop support days, this wouldn't have happened!

I'd probably be lost without the guide, though. Great stuff. This might even inspire me to finally learn some sql stuff.

[techguy84]

Phew! Was worried there. After I went back adn read that column I kind though it may come off a little badgering and insulting. Didnt imply it to, but you could interpet it that way.

Thanks for the comment on the guide. Seems alot of people have like it. I enjoyed writing it very very much.

Learnign SQL is a great thing to pursue. It wont just benifit you here, but on just about all Server Emu's out there. I am currently working with the Antrix Emu and it uses MySQL. Was great going into it knowing the knowledge that I know from this project.