C:\Perl\bin>perl -v This is perl, v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 12 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2007, Larry Wall Binary build 824 [287188] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveState.com Built Sep 3 2008 11:14:55 Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page. C:\Perl\bin>ppm install DBI No missing packages to install C:\Perl\bin> ppm install DBD-mysql ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provides DBD-mysql C:\Perl\bin> ppm install DBD::mysql ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provides DBD::mysql #### C:\TEMP>perl -v This is perl, v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 33 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2006, Larry Wall Binary build 819 [267479] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveState.com Built Aug 29 2006 12:42:41 Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page. C:\TEMP>ppm install DBI Downloading ActiveState Package Repository packlist...done Updating ActiveState Package Repository database...done Syncing site PPM database with .packlists...done No missing packages to install C:\TEMP>ppm install DBD-mysql Downloading ActiveState Package Repository packlist...not modified Downloading DBD-mysql-3.0002...done Unpacking DBD-mysql-3.0002...done Generating HTML for DBD-mysql-3.0002...done Installing to site area...done 14 files installed