PPM on Linux

kiat has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi,

Does PPM on Linux work the same way as it does on Windows? I've never used PPM on a Linux computer so I'm wondering if the steps are the same:

TYPE ppm

TYPE name_of_module_to_install

The installed module(s) will automatically go to the right directories. Is that right?

Thanks for helping :)

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Re: PPM on Linux by strat (Canon) on Jan 08, 2005 at 11:01 UTC
I already tried it with Activestate Perl for Linux and Solaris, and with both it worked fine for me Best regards, perl -e "s>>F>e=>y)\martinF)stronat)=>print,print v8.8.8.32.11.32"	[reply]
Re: PPM on Linux by Errto (Vicar) on Jan 08, 2005 at 17:03 UTC
Just curious, why use ActivePerl on Linux (actually until I saw this node I didn't know it existed) when most Linux distros come with Perl and some even have CPAN.pm included? The only thing I can think of is presumably PPM for Linux provides some precompiled modules like it does for Win32 and CPAN.pm doesn't, but I've never found that a big deal.	[reply]
Re^2: PPM on Linux by Mr. Muskrat (Canon) on Jan 08, 2005 at 17:20 UTC
It would allow a Windows shop using Activestate products to migrate to Linux without having to drop the tools that they have purchased.	[reply]
Re^3: PPM on Linux by vek (Prior) on Jan 09, 2005 at 07:47 UTC
You have to purchase `ppm` now? The last time I downloaded Activestate Perl, the `ppm` utility was completely free. Has that changed then? -- vek --	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: PPM on Linux by Mr. Muskrat (Canon) on Jan 09, 2005 at 21:08 UTC
Re^5: PPM on Linux by vek (Prior) on Jan 10, 2005 at 02:35 UTC