I hear ya! I had the same problem. You have to set your environment variables for HTTP_proxy and possibly HTTP_proxy_user and HTTP_proxy_pass on your computer. (then possible reboot). Read the ActiveState doco http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/PPM/FAQ at the bottom of this page on how to setup PPM3.

Just be wary if your network is monitored for rogue perlscripts. When running ppm3 your firewall may pick up the attempt for a perl script to send network traffic. If your security manager is as diligent as ours he'll be tapping you on the shoulder within a matter of minutes. If he trusts you then your fine, but you may want to tell him what you are about to do.

Cheers,
Dean

Programming these days takes more than a lone avenger with a compiler. - sam

In reply to Re: I am not able to install Oracle DBD on Windows 2000 / Perl 5.8.X behind a proxy server by crabbdean
in thread I am not able to install Oracle DBD on Windows 2000 / Perl 5.8.X behind a proxy server by Crian

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.