Many CPAN modules that aren't available via PPM from the Active State repository, are available from other PPM repositories.

You can use google to try and locate individuals and then install using explicit instructions as tachyon showed.

You can also add the names of one or more extra repositories to PPM so that a PPM search module::name will search at all the repositories to tell it about.

One problem is that the instructions for adding extra repositories that I've found displayed at many of the other sites are out of date. The say something like: 

P:\test>ppm
PPM - Programmer's Package Manager version 3.1.
Copyright (c) 2001 ActiveState Corp. All Rights Reserved.
ActiveState is a devision of Sophos.

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

Type 'help' to get started.

ppm> set rep winnipeg http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms
Unknown or ambiguous setting 'rep'. See 'help settings'.
ppm>

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and if you follow the prompt and type "help settings", it tells you exactly nothing about repositories.

The way to do it now is 

c:\> ppm
ppm> rep add winnipeg http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms

ppm> rep
Repositories:
[1] Jenda
[2] winnipeg
[3] ActiveState PPM2 Repository
[4] ActiveState Package Repository
[5] Roth
[6] bioperl

ppm> rep describe 2
Describing Active Repository 2:
    Name: winnipeg
Location: http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms
    Type: Webpage
ppm>

ppm> search IPC::Run
Searching in Active Repositories
  1. IPC-Run  [0.77] system() and background procs w/ piping, redirs, 
+ptys (Unix, Win32)
  2. IPC-Run  [0.78] system() and background procs w/ piping, redirs, 
+ptys (Unix, Win32)
  3. IPC-Run3 [0.01] Run a subprocess in batch mode (a la system) on U
+nix, Win32, etc.

ppm> describe 2
====================
Package 2:
    Name: IPC-Run
 Version: 0.78
  Author: Barrie Slaymaker (barries@slaysys.com)
   Title: IPC-Run
Abstract: system() and background procs w/ piping, redirs, ptys (Unix,
+ Win32)
Location: ActiveState PPM2 Repository
Available Platforms:
       1. MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8
====================

ppm> install 2
Package 2:
Note: Package 'IPC-Run' is already installed.
====================
Install 'IPC-Run' version 0.78 in ActivePerl 5.8.3.809.
====================
Downloaded 99775 bytes.
Extracting 17/17: blib/arch/auto/IPC/Run/.exists
Successfully installed IPC-Run version 0.78 in ActivePerl 5.8.3.809.
ppm>

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See "help rep" at the PPM prompt for (much) more.

Unfortunately, Crypt::OpenPGP doesn't appear to be available for 5.8 on any of the repositories I have set up.

Addendum: I found this which basically repeats the information above, but also has the longest list of PPM repositories I've yet seen.

Unfortunately none of them has Crypt::OpenPGP for 5.8 either.

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"Think for yourself!" - Abigail
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