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PPM - Programmer's Package Manager version 3.0.1.
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ppm> search GD
Searching in Active Repositories
  1. GD           [2.07] Interface to Gd Graphics Library
  2. GD-Barcode   [1.14] Create barcode image with GD
  3. GD-Convert   [2.05] additional output formats for GD
  4. GD-Dashboard [0.04] Perl module to create JPEG graphics of meters
+ and dials
  5. GD-Graph3d   [0.63] Creates 3D charts with GD::Graph and GD.
  6. GDGraph      [1.42] Produces charts with GD
  7. GDGraph-Map  [1.05] generate HTML map text for GD::Graph diagramm
+s.
  8. GDTextUtil   [0.86] text utilities for GD
ppm> describe 1
====================
Package 1:
    Name: GD
 Version: 2.07
  Author: Lincoln Stein (lstein@cshl.org)
   Title: GD
Abstract: Interface to Gd Graphics Library
Location: theory
Available Platforms:
       1. MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8
====================
ppm> describe --dump 1
====================
Package 1:
<SOFTPKG NAME="GD" VERSION="2,07,0,0">
        <TITLE>GD</TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT>Interface to Gd Graphics Library</ABSTRACT>
        <AUTHOR>Lincoln Stein (lstein@cshl.org)</AUTHOR>
        <IMPLEMENTATION>
                <OS NAME="MSWin32" />
                <ARCHITECTURE NAME="MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8" />
                <CODEBASE HREF="http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/x86/
+GD.tar.gz" />
        </IMPLEMENTATION>
</SOFTPKG>
====================
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update: More links for you found at http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/README.html#If-you-wanna-install-perl-modules/binary-packages. You may also wanna read the How to RTFM tutorial, if you aren't aware of perldoc and such.

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