Hi monks,

I'm not sure if I'm doing the right thing whenever I install cpan perl modules using PPM. Here are the situations:

1) Modules found on Active Repositories (e.g. HTML-Template)

ppm> install HTML-Template

No problem, that works.

2) Modules not found on Active Repositories (e.g. GD)

I go to http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/ and click on the the module I want to install. The contents of the .ppd file are shown. I then saved the .ppd file to a temp directory under my perl folder. Then I type:

ppm> install GD.ppd

That works.

3) Modules that can't be installed using both methods (1) and (2) (e.g. EncryptForm)

I go to the CPAN website and copy and paste the source code for the module and save it into a perl directory (for EncryptForm, I saved it under C:\perl\lib\CGI).

Are there other ways of installing CPAN modules, particularly for those that aren't found on Active Repositories?

Thanks in anticipation.

In reply to PPM on windows by kiat

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