Another Perl related problem

[tibor]

Hi

First I want to thank everyone that has been involved with this project as I have just learned of it and love being able to potentially play EQ the way it was originally intended.

But I have come to a roadblock while creating my own server where tibor = God. I initially came across an older guide about setting up a server that was using Perl 5.7.8.813 (I could be wrong about that). Well everything is going well until I create the .bat file to start things up. I get the message about "Perl_newsxs_flags could not be located in perl58.dll". Ok, no prob...a little research says this version needs to be upgraded to 5.8.8.822. So, then I uninstall Perl and the C:\Perl folder to completely take it off my system. Now that I have the correct version (and the location of the updated guide), I cross my fingers and execute the .bat again. Now I am receiving the error "The procedure entry point Perl_hv_common_key_len could not be located in the dynamic link library perl58.dll". Researching this on the web suggests that Perl_hv_common_key_len was introduced in Perl 5.10.

Soooo, for shits and giggles, I install 5.10. and the error is the original error I had from not having .822. This is all specifically happening in the World.exe file and Zone.exe. Any idea what I have done wrong here? Searching the forums suggests that I have done something to mess it up since nobody seems to have this issue. I have even cleared everything from my machine and started from scratch only to receive the same error. Any help would so greatly be appreciated.

Thanks

[reddogut]

I suggest running Perl 5.8.9.825.... When you uninstall pervious versions of Perl, make sure you reboot before you reinstall.

[tibor]

Thank you. That fixed the problem

[Malice6]

Is there any other workaround for this? I tried install 5.8.7.813 from the guide but it said an entry point was missing. After that I tried the newest version, and it was missing this .dll instead... Then I found this thread and installed a newer version of 5.8 but the .dll is still missing PLUS now the "ppm install" portion of the guide no longer works.

After installing 5.10 Perl still seems to thing it needs a GUI. I can't type in "ppm" by itself anymore without getting an error. I tried install the 3 things the guide suggests, but only one will install.

ppm install DBI
ppm install DBD-mysql <--- does not install
ppm install IO-stringy <--- does not install

error: ppm install failed: Can't find find any package that provides DBD-mysql
error: ppm install failed: Can't find find any package that provides IO-stringy

I found someone else that had the problem, which was solved by adding a package. I tried it but failed. I tried one from activestate.com that said it was for the 5.8 platform, but got an error:

ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/package.lst
ppm install failed: The PPD does not provide code to install from this platform

INSTALLATION USED SO FAR:
ActivePerl-5.8.7.813-MSWin32-x86-148120.msi
ActivePerl-5.8.9.825-MSWin32-x64-288577.msi
ActivePerl-5.10.0.1005-MSWin32-x86-290470.msi

I uninstall. Delete directory. And reboot before each re-install.

[Malice6]

Figured it out. I guess the 64bit version doesn't do well with other repositories.