Re: Net::SCP ppm install fails

Oh, oh, ~~this is not the way you're supposed to use ppm~~ this isn't the easiest way to install ppms I guess. PPM is a shell interface that automatically downloads and installs modules with their dependancies. Don't ever download the .ppm package by hand; better use the ppm command (should be something like 'inst package' but I don't have any windows machine around currently, so please check the ppm documentation).

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Re^2: Net::SCP ppm install fails by Mr. Muskrat (Canon) on Apr 29, 2005 at 19:09 UTC
ActiveState provides zip files so that people can download them and install them on machines that do not have internet access. That particular usage of PPM is documented too (see perldoc ppm under the section on install).	[reply]
Re^3: Net::SCP ppm install fails by wazoox (Prior) on Apr 29, 2005 at 22:26 UTC
Alright. Anyway if the package has some dependancies, it will be probably way easier to use the usual ppm interface instead of downloading files one by one - After all he needed internet to download the file in the first place - because ppms should install seemlessly, except when they don't meet some dependancies. BTW I mentioned I have no windows machine (thanks Dog) so I can't test ppm directly.	[reply]