I am using ActivePerl 5.8.8.822 on a Windows XP box, both at home and at work.

It has been less than a week since I have installed Date::Calc (and its requisites Bit::Vector, Carp::Clan), Win3::API, and DBD::mysql on my work computer using PPM.

I tried to do the same yesterday on my home computer, and PPM cannot find these modules. (They show up in search results, when I try to install, I get a 404 message.)

What gives with the PPM lately, this is not the first time this has happened to me...

I have gotten no responses from anyone at activestate. I have tried installing the modules from CPAN, but alas they all require a C compiler, which I don't have. Am I going to have to aquire a C compiler, or does anyone know of a repository that would have the ppd's for these modules.

Thanks

In reply to PPM: Modules Dissappearing / Alternative Repositories? by boblawblah

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