followup to wazoox' post, which is correct, because I do ...sigh... have a windows box here...: 
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.00.2195
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>ppm help
Type 'help command' for more detailed help on a command.
  Commands:
    describe   - describes packages in detail
    exit       - exits the program
    help       - prints this screen, or help on 'command'
    install    - installs packages
    profiles   - manage PPM profiles
    properties - describes installed packages in detail
    q          - exits the program
    query      - queries installed packages
    quit       - exits the program
    remove     - uninstalls packages
    repository - adds, removes, or sets repositories
    s          - searches for packages in a repository
    search     - searches for packages in a repository
    settings   - view or set PPM options

    targets    - views or sets target installer backends
    tree       - shows package dependency tree
    uninstall  - uninstalls packages
    unset      - view or set PPM options
    upgrade    - shows availables upgrades for installed packages
    version    - displays the PPM version (3.1)
  Extra Help Topics: (not commands)
    ppm_migration - guide for those familiar with PPM
    prompt        - how to interpret the PPM prompt
    quickstart    - a crash course in using PPM
    unicode       - notes about unicode author names
Using ppm interactively for Net::SCP would go like this: 
C:\>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 library.

Type 'help' to get started.

ppm> s Net::SCP
Searching in Active Repositories
  1. Net-SCP 0.06 Perl extension for secure copy protocol
ppm> install 1
Package 1:
....

had ppm found more than one module -- the beginning of whose name matched that name used in the search command --or found the module at more than one location, it would have returned additional numbered entries... any one of which could have been selected on the "install" line.... Note also that ppm is smart enough to accept the name written as name::modifier and return "Name-modifier"

In reply to Re: Net::SCP ppm install fails by ww
in thread Net::SCP ppm install fails by jcs296

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