ActiveState repo problem

Vasek has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks, The ActiveState PPM repository (http://ppm4.activestate.com/) is unavailable for a few days. I know this is an activestate support issue but currently I have no corporate background so it is very difficult to get information from them. Is there anyone here who can say something about this? Thx a lot! Vasek

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Re: ActiveState repo problem by marto (Cardinal) on Sep 09, 2020 at 12:17 UTC
They are dumping ppm for something else, and only supported ppm repos for certain versions. Build your modules from source using cpan or cpanm. Alternativly consider using Strawberry Perl which ships by default with a sane development environment/built tools.	[reply]
Re^2: ActiveState repo problem by Vasek (Acolyte) on Sep 09, 2020 at 12:27 UTC
Hi Marto, thx for your quick reply. I know that repos is for special versions (in my case it should be http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x86/5.14/1402/), but the domain is unavailable, too. My aim is to create an offline repo from the modules of AS Perl 5.14. I also use the Bribes and the Trouchelle repos, but none of them contain all modules.	[reply]
Re^3: ActiveState repo problem by marto (Cardinal) on Sep 09, 2020 at 12:57 UTC
Many of the older ppm repos are defunct, or only support old versions. Use whatever version of Strawberry you want and use minicpan to create an off line version of cpan.	[reply]
Re^4: ActiveState repo problem by Vasek (Acolyte) on Sep 09, 2020 at 13:14 UTC
Re^5: ActiveState repo problem by syphilis (Archbishop) on Sep 09, 2020 at 14:12 UTC
Re: ActiveState repo problem by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Sep 10, 2020 at 19:22 UTC
See also ŤThe Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostropheť `perl -MCrypt::CBC -E 'say Crypt::CBC->new(-key=>'kgb',-cipher=>"Blowfish")->decrypt_hex($ENV{KARL});'`Help	[reply] [d/l]