PPM module SOAP error

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

I've installed Active state perl v5.8.6 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread.

have set HTTP_proxy_user" and "HTTP_proxy_pass".Still when in ppm I run command -> query DBI or search * It throws the following error..

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Searching in Active Repositories
Error: No valid repositories: Error: This SOAP server does not expose 
+a
PPM3-compatible interface. Specifically, it does not implement the
ppm_protocol() method. Please inform the server's administrator of the
problem. Error: This SOAP server does not expose a PPM3-compatible
interface. Specifically, it does not implement the ppm_protocol()
method. Please inform the server's administrator of the problem.
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---------------Error end --------------------

I'm unable to install anything from ppm module...please help.

when run the commpand rep, it shows the following modules Repositories:

[1] ActiveState PPM2 Repository
[2] ActiveState Package Repository
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Thanks in advance...

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Re: PPM module SOAP error by InfiniteSilence (Curate) on Sep 26, 2005 at 16:05 UTC
I have proxy problems at work as well so I do the following: Bookmark the following page Look for and download the package .zip package I want Expand it somewhere (c:/temp?) Run `ppm install <thepackagename>` on the command line in that directory. Note: The above path is for 5.8+ builds. There should be a different path for earlier builds. Celebrate Intellectual Diversity	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: PPM module SOAP error by rvbugged (Initiate) on Sep 27, 2005 at 06:39 UTC
thanks for the input..I'm actually looking for module which is avaliable in "search.cpan.org" it is NET::SFTP and not in the page you gave me!! I have put the HTTP_proxy", "HTTP_proxy_user" and "HTTP_proxy_pass" in the system env variable under control panel in win2k. the link doesn't contain this!! also, I was able to work with ppm before.	[reply]