I've spent the last couple of hours trying to get PPM working right but I seem to be totally confused.

I tried pointing to what I thought was the right location for the PPM packages but I would never find anything. I also need "Tk" but it only seems to be available via a .zip package... and some of the more unusual packages I need don't seem to be available at all (for example "Tk-JComboBox").

Proxies are all Ok and I have a PC where everything works Ok on the 5.8.x repositories.

Some details:

I have an ActiveState installation of Perl running under Windows XP SP2; it reports itself as "v5.8.7 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread". The standard/normal PPM repositories are found/set-up Ok, viz:

    Name: ActiveState Package Repository<p>
Location: http://ppm.ActiveState.com/PPM/ppmserver-5.8-windows.plex?ur
+n:/PPM/Server/SQL<p>
    Type: PPMServer 3.0<p>

    Name: ActiveState PPM2 Repository<p>
Location: http://ppm.ActiveState.com/cgibin/PPM/ppmserver-5.8-windows.
+pl?urn:/PPMServer<p>
    Type: PPMServer 2.0<p>

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...and they allow me to search/install packages Ok, with all dependencies, etc.

I have installed the "PPM Profile" module/application so I can get a list of the packages I have installed on this PC.

I would like to replicate all this on a new PC that is running Windows XP-64. I understand my options would be to use a 5.8.x or a 5.10.x release... but in both cases, they don't appear to include the Tk module in the standard distribution.. and some modules don't seem to exist even as .zip packages.

As aluded to before, I've tried installing both of these versions on the Win XP-64 system but I can't get the PPM repositiories accessible/working and I can't run any of the compiled applications to work as .exes (understandable, considering they were built on Win32 and I'm trying to run them on Win XP-64).

Just seeing if someone might be able to provide some clues on what path I need to set in PPM for the repositories... and if Tk is available as a direct module rather than as a .zip package... and if I can somehow pre-check to see if there are any Win XP-64 versions of the modules I'm using already, as some of the applications I've developed may not work on this Win XP-64 system.

Many thanks for any forthcoming info.

In reply to Problems with Configuring PPM and Module Installations on Win XP-64 after Win XP by ozboomer

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