Actually it didn't come with my version of Active Perl and there must be an easier way than to install that module and goof around for endless hours.

Is there another module which would have a windows version of this one? Like another package which would come with DB_File.

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sulfericacid

That's like asking if there is another package that comes with Storable -- there is no point.

Actually it (= ppm) didn't come with my version of Active Perl

PPM is ActivePerl's Windows only counterpart for CPAN, which uses repositories on wbsites, with precompiled modules. The standard repository is at http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMpackages/ and subdirectories. The above URL only points toward repositories with ZIP files, but there are other subdirectories as well, for example the old 5.6.x repository, and the the extended 5.6.x repository

Actually I found this link to be more direct. The link in the above node took me to an indexed list. This link should take you to the page where you can download the package. And DB_File is listed there.(It wasn't alphabatized the way I expected, as the list makers put DB_F after DBF)

I've never seen an ActiveState install of perl where the ppm was missing. If you go to a command prompt and type in PPM, what kind of error message do you get?

ppm will always be present if you installed ActivePerl. Installing DB_File is as easy as this:

C:\>ppm install DB_File
Installing package 'DB_File'...
Bytes transferred 406934
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DB_File\DB_File.bs
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DB_File\DB_File.dll
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DB_File\DB_File.exp
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DB_File\DB_File.lib
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DB_File\DB_File.pdb
Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DB_File.html
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DB_File\autosplit.ix
Writing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DB_File\.packlist

C:\>
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