Below is the output from 5.10, on 5.8 I get an error message like you

C:\Perl\ActivePerl-5.10.0.1002-MSWin32-x86-283697\perl\bin>ppm area li +st Syncing perl PPM database with .packlists...done ┌────────┬ +────┬────&#9472 +;─────────&#947 +2;─────────&#94 +72;─────────&#9 +472;─────────&# +9472;─────────& +#9472;────────┐ │name │pkgs│lib + │ ├────────┼ +────┼────&#9472 +;─────────&#947 +2;─────────&#94 +72;─────────&#9 +472;─────────&# +9472;─────────& +#9472;────────┤ │(pdk) │ n/a│C:/Perl/ActiveState Perl Dev Kit 6.0/ +lib/ │ │(user) │ n/a│C:/Perl/ActivePerl-5.10.0.1002-MSWin3 +2-x86-283697/perl/site/lib│ │(user_2)│ n/a│C:/Perl/ActivePerl-5.10.0.1002-MSWin3 +2-x86-283697/perl/lib │ │site* │ 1│C:/TEMP/perl------------------------- +----------------please-ruğ│ │perl │ 0│C:/TEMP/perl------------------------- +----------------please-ruğ│ └────────┴ +────┴────&#9472 +;─────────&#947 +2;─────────&#94 +72;─────────&#9 +472;─────────&# +9472;─────────& +#9472;────────┘

In reply to Re^22: ActiveState Perl 10.x and Crypt::SSLeay not installed errors on Windows 2003 by Gavin
in thread ActiveState Perl 10.x and Crypt::SSLeay not installed errors on Windows 2003 by yeah

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