Hi Sam,

I used the standard Active Perl MSI install version so in answer to your question, No I did not compile Perl myself.

Regarding PPM, I have reinstalled Perl, played with many commands unrelated to install (only to get "method not implemented" error messages on several), read the doc, confirmed that the proxy environment variable was correctly set by using the SET command in my DOS session. I really don't know what more I can do re PPM.

I think it would be really nice if there was a bulletproof way to install Perl modules.

Thanks from a frustrated Perl Newbie.

In reply to Re^2: Proxy server thwarts installation of DBI on Win32 by artsnova
in thread Proxy server thwarts installation of DBI on Win32 by artsnova

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