PPM & Private Network

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

Hi All,

/me pounds head against wall for the past half hour...

I'm trying to install ppd packages for activestate perl build 806. I am on a stand alone network, and I'm trying to install a ppm package...

C:\az>dir
<snip>
Archive-Zip.ppd
</snip>
C:\az>ppm install -force Archive-Zip.ppd
Error: No valid repositories: Error: 500 Can't connect to ppm.activest
+ate.com:80
[download]

Of course, this would be expected if I was trying to install the module over the network, but I'm not... The ppd file is in the current directory!

/me takes a deep breath...

Any clue what is going on? Thanks.

----
Zak

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Re: PPM & Private Network by Mr. Muskrat (Canon) on Aug 27, 2003 at 15:41 UTC
There are several ways to go about it. `ppm install ./Archive-Zip.ppd` `ppm3 install ./Archive-Zip.ppd` `ppm3 repository add dot . install Archive-Zip.ppd` [download] `ppm set repository dot . install Archive-Zip.ppd` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: PPM & Private Network by zakzebrowski (Curate) on Aug 27, 2003 at 16:03 UTC
Very strange. The first two ways didn't work, however the third did... thanks! ---- Zak	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: PPM & Private Network by Mr. Muskrat (Canon) on Aug 27, 2003 at 16:09 UTC
I've had some success with installing using `ppm install ./filename.ppd`. I prefer the last two methods since the "dot" repository will always be the current working directory.	[reply] [d/l]