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I'm having trouble installing Win32::Printer using ppm 3.2. Anyone have a work around for the error shown below?

s win32-printer
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ppm> inst 1
Package 1:
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Install 'Win32-Printer' version 0.7 in ActivePerl 5.8.4.810.
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Downloaded 45 bytes.
Error: Can't call method "list_files" on an undefined value at C:/Perl
+/site/lib/PPM/Archive/Tar.pm line 31.

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Re: trouble installing Win32::Printer using ppm
by holli (Abbot) on Jul 30, 2005 at 11:39 UTC
    I second the fact there seems to be a problem with ppm or the distribution, because I get the same error when I try to install the module. But my ppm says 
    PPM - Programmer's Package Manager version 3.1.
...
Install 'Win32-Printer' version 0.7 in ActivePerl 5.8.6.811

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    And you say you have ppm 3.2 and ActivePerl 5.8.4. Is there something wrong with the version numbers or did you update your ppm?


    holli, /regexed monk/
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