treebeard has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
Below isn't the only way to use PPM, I am sure, nor may it be the optimal way, but since i had difficulty using the PPM knowledge that I found here and elsewhere, I decided to post this to help out who I could.
I am on a WIN2k machine, and using ActiveState's Perl (build 630). Perl is installed to c:\perl
THE SETUP: You are a novice like myself, running in an UNIX unfriendly environment, and are using the above technology. You need a module (e.g. DBI) for Perl.
-open a browser
-go to http://www.activestate.com/packages/
-find the module's ppd file and download to c:\perl
-move browser to http://www.activestate.com/packages/x86/
-download the correspond .tar.gz file to c:\perl\perlmod
-done with browser
-open command window (i.e go to DOS prompt)
-move to c:\perl and run PPM
-at PPM prompt type install "name of .ppd file without extention" (i.e install DBI for DBI.ppd)
-PPM will then unpack and install the .tar.gz file downloaded to c:\perl\perlmod
-when the "install" is finished, type query to confirm module loaded
These steps work for me. I know that PPM should be able to go to activestate web site (right?) but i could never get that to work. If anyone has any comments, or ways to straighten me out, then please help.
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Re: How to use PPM (WIN32)...
by Asim (Hermit) on Nov 21, 2001 at 00:55 UTC | |
Re: How to use PPM (WIN32)...
by hopes (Friar) on Nov 21, 2001 at 05:21 UTC | |
Re: How to use PPM (WIN32)...
by JungleBoy (Scribe) on Nov 20, 2001 at 23:43 UTC | |
Re: How to use PPM (WIN32)...
by $code or die (Deacon) on Nov 21, 2001 at 23:36 UTC |