Hi Perk Monks,

I am a newbie and I need some help installing a CPAN module manually.

I created a ppd file(Wrote the code in wordpad,saved it as .XML and then converted to .PPD) saved it in c:\perl\bin\Repository. Here is the XML file I wrote 

  <SOFTPKG NAME="Win32-SerialPort" VERSION="0,22,0,0">
  <TITLE>Win32-SerialPort</TITLE> 
  <ABSTRACT>TO ESTABLISH CONNECTION WITH HYPERTERMINAL</ABSTRACT> 
  <AUTHOR>XXX</AUTHOR> 
  <IMPLEMENTATION>
  <OS NAME="WinXP/.NetProfessional"/> 
  <ARCHITECTURE NAME="WinXP/.NetProfessional-x86" /> 
  <CODEBASE HREF="x86/Win32-SerialPort-0.22.tar.gz" /> 
  </IMPLEMENTATION>
  </SOFTPKG>

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I saved the actual .tar.gz file in C:\Perl\bin\Repository\x86. OS is Windows Xp. IfI add the regsitory I am getting the error message "The URL must be absolute or local directory".

Please help....

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