Hello!

Perl 5, Version 12, subversion 3 running on Windows Vista.

I am not able to use CPAN to install perl modules because there seems to be a firewall. So, I decided to try out PPM. I found an online reference on how to install the Date::Calc module using PPM but I am getting an error.

Here are the steps that I took.
Step 1: I went to CPAN.org and downloaded the latest version of Date-Calc-6.3.tar.gz file.

Step 2: Unzip the file and save it to the directory C:/perl/sysfiles

Step 3: Open a cmd window and type in ppm.

Step 4: In ppm, I perform the following actions:
PPM> set repository Local C:\sysfiles\perlmod
PPM> set repository --remove ActiveState Package Repository
PPM> install Date-Calc

However, I get the error shown below:

PPM> install Date-Calc
Install package 'Date-Calc?' (y/N): y
Installing package 'Date-Calc'...
Error installing package 'Date-Calc': Could not locate a PPD file for package Date-Calc
PPM> install Date-Calc-6.3
Install package 'Date-Calc-6.3?' (y/N): y
Installing package 'Date-Calc-6.3'...
Error installing package 'Date-Calc-6.3': Could not locate a PPD file for package Date-Calc-6.3
I also tried doing the steps above with a directory that I saved on my desktop and I get the same error.

Any Suggestions?

Thanks,
TazEngr

In reply to Could Not Locate a PPD File by tazengr

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