C:\>ppm3 PPM - Programmer's Package Manager version 3.1. Copyright (c) 2001 ActiveState SRL. All Rights Reserved. Entering interactive shell. Using Term::ReadLine::Stub as readline library. Type 'help' to get started. ppm> rep Repositories: [1] ActiveState PPM2 Repository [2] ActiveState Package Repository ppm> rep add crazy http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/5.8/ Repositories: [1] ActiveState PPM2 Repository [2] ActiveState Package Repository [3] crazy ppm> rep Repositories: [1] ActiveState PPM2 Repository [2] ActiveState Package Repository [3] crazy ppm> install DBD::Sybase ==================== Install 'DBD-Sybase' version 1.00 in ActivePerl 5.8.0.806. ==================== Downloaded 62711 bytes. Extracting 22/22: blib/man3/.exists Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Sybase\Sybase.bs Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Sybase\Sybase.dll Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Sybase\Sybase.exp Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Sybase\Sybase.lib Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\dbd-sybase.pod Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\Sybase.pm ***WARNING*****WARNING*****WARNING*****WARNING** In addition to installing DBD-Sybase you will need to download and install Adaptive Server Enterprise version 12.5 for NT. Developer's Edition U.S. Download (Client) http://download.sybase.com/eval/ASE_dev_win/NTclient.exe Be careful as it is big. Also, since I do not have access to a Sybasedb, this package hasn't been tested. The following links may be of interest: http://perlmonks.com/index.pl?node_id=247864 http://www.sybase.com/ase_125devel http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1020071 http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1020069 Successfully installed DBD-Sybase version 1.00 in ActivePerl 5.8.0.806. ppm>