Installing Bioperl on Windows

I just installed ActiveState Perl 5.10.0.1008 Win 32 and tried to launch ppm.

Either with the gui command or with the command line (ppm install PAR) I get the same error message :

ppm install failed: DBI connect('dbname=C:/Users/李丽伟/AppData/Local/ActiveState/ActivePerl/1008/ppm-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5_10.db','',...) failed: unable to open database file(1)

The directory c:/winnt/... /1002 is correctly created, but nothing inside.
I wonder if this may have something to do with the fact that I have a Chinese Windows, with an accentuated character in the above path which should be :

C:/Users/李丽伟/AppData/Local/ActiveState/ActivePerl/1008

Set the ACTIVEPERL_PPM_HOME environment variable to point to a directory without extended Unicode characters in its name and PPM will try to maintain its database in this directory instead.

Example:

cmd：

set ACTIVEPERL_PPM_HOME=c:/perl/temp

ppm

It works perfectly!

Problem:

I have to set the ACTIVEPERL_PPM_HOME environment whenever I want to launch my ppm.

 

Then Install Bioperl .

Installation using the Perl Package Manager

GUI Installation

1) Start the Perl Package Manager GUI from the Start menu.

2) Go to Edit >> Preferences and click the Repositories tab. Add a new repository for each of the following (note the difference based on the perl version). NOTE - The DB_File installed with ActivePerl 5.10 and above is a stub (i.e. it does not work). The Trouchelle database below has a working DB_File.

Repositories to add

Name	perl 5.8	perl 5.10
BioPerl-Regular Releases	http://bioperl.org/DIST	http://bioperl.org/DIST
BioPerl-Release Candidates	http://bioperl.org/DIST/RC	http://bioperl.org/DIST/RC
Kobes	http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms	http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/10xx/
Bribes	http://www.Bribes.org/perl/ppm	http://www.Bribes.org/perl/ppm
Trouchelle	http://trouchelle.com/ppm	http://trouchelle.com/ppm10
tcool	http://ppm.tcool.org/archives/	NA

3) Select View >> All Packages.

4) In the search box type bioperl.

5) Right click the latest version of Bioperl available and choose install. (Note for users of previous Bioperl releases: you should not have to use the Bundle-BioPerl package anymore.)

5a) From bioperl 1.5.2 onward, all 'optional' pre-requisites will be marked for installation. If you see that some of them complain about needing a command-line installation (eg. XML::SAX::ExpatXS), and you want those particular pre-requisites, stop now (skip step 6) and see the 'Command-line Installation' section.

6) Click the green arrow (Run marked actions) to complete the installation.