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

hi

i'm trying to install a specific version of a module using ActiveState ppm3.

the problem i'm having is that when i search for the module "finance-yahooquote" it returns several different versions of it:
ppm> search yahooquote
Searching in Active Repositories
  1. finance-yahooquote [0.20] Gets stock quotes from Yahoo! Finance
  2. finance-yahooquote [0.19] (none)
  3. finance-yahooquote [0.20] Gets stock quotes from Yahoo! Finance
  4. Finance-YahooQuote [0.17] Get a stock quote from Yahoo!
  5. Finance-YahooQuote [0.18] (none)
  6. finance-yahooquote [0.19] (none)
  7. finance-yahooquote [0.20] (none)

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Basically I want to install the newest version (0.20), but everytime I try to install the module, it only installs version 0.17.

Lets say I typed 'install 7' or 'install 3' which are versions 0.20, it will still automatically install version 0.17 for me.

I really need 0.20 instead of 0.17 because it is way more updated with extra features that I'm looking to use.

Is there anyway to bypass the ActivateState log for the module? I'm assuming it thinks 0.17 is the most updated version of this module and that when you install it it automatically installs 0.17 for you.

thanks! tanger

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Re: Installing specific module off PPM3
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Apr 30, 2005 at 08:42 UTC
    Basically I want to install the newest version (0.20), but everytime I try to install the module, it only installs version 0.17.
    Try forcing it (--force), try using install url, or try to upgrade to PPM-3.00.56. It sounds like a bug, so you should probably report it.

    MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
    I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
    ** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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Re: Installing specific module off PPM3
by dorko (Prior) on Apr 30, 2005 at 18:21 UTC
    By chance, do you have two instances of Perl installed? If so, might PPM be sucessfully installing finance::yahooquote 0.20 into the Perl version you're not using?

    Just a thought.

    Cheers,

    Brent

    -- Yeah, I'm a Delt.
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