All,
A coworker gave me two perl scripts that worked fine using Perl v5.6. These scripts use the DBI package. I'm currently using Perl v5.8 and PPM v3.0.1. The readme file indicates that to install the DBI Package type "ppm install DBI.ppd" in the current directory. The following error message is displayed:

C:\Perl\dbi>ppm install DBI.ppd
Error: No valid repositories: Error: 500 Can't connect to ppm.ActiveState.com:80 (connect: Unknown error) at C:/Perl/site/lib/PPM/Repository.pm line 84 Error: 500 Can't connect to ppm-ia.ActiveState.com:80 (connect: Unknown error) at C:/Perl/site/lib/PPM/Repository.pm line 84

C:\Perl\dbi>

The dbi.ppd file and MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8 folder are located at C:\Perl\dbi. Any ideas as to why the local dbi.ppd file is not being installed? Any help is appreciated.

In reply to Installation of DBI Module with Perl v5.8.0 by Bruce D.

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