Thanks crazyinsomniac , for the info on the Dll's and the ppm info - however that command did not work :
G:\Perl\site\lib>ppm genconfig > ppm.xml
Unknown or ambiguous command 'genconfig'; type 'help' for commands.

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The ppm.xml file did not exist, so I tried to create it in place. Anyway, there is no "genconfig" command documented in the help.
Searching Activestate's bug list revealed nothing.
In case it helps - here are some details of my ppm:
G:\Perl\site\lib>ppm
PPM - Programmer's Package Manager version 3.1.
Copyright (c) 2001 ActiveState SRL. All Rights Reserved.

Entering interactive shell. Using Term::ReadLine::Stub as readline lib
+rary.

Type 'help' to get started.

ppm:AvtivePerl5> targ desc
Describing target 1 (AvtivePerl58):
        Path: G:\Perl\site\lib\ppm-conf\ppminst.bat
        Port: 14533
        Type: Local
ARCHITECTURE: MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8
         CPU: x86
    LANGUAGE: Perl
     OSVALUE: MSWin32
   OSVERSION: 4,0,0,0
    PERLCORE: 5.8.0
 TARGET_TYPE: perl
     VERSION: 3.05
 Rebuildhtml:
        Root: G:\Perl\
     Tempdir:
ppm:AvtivePerl5> install dbi
Error: no suitable installation target found for package dbi.

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I get the same error no matter what I try to install.

In reply to Re: Perl 5.8 on WIn32 vs perl56.dll, DBI and ODBC by NetWallah
in thread Perl 5.8 on WIn32 vs perl56.dll, DBI and ODBC by NetWallah

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