PPM wont work

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

Hello,
I am working on win 2000 with Perl 5.8
I am trying to install certain external packages such as Date-Calc, Carp etc however ppm just wont work.
Below is an example

ppm> search Date-Calc
Searching in Active Repositories
Error: No valid repositories:
Error: 500 Can't connect to ppm.ActiveState.com:80 (Bad hostname 'ppm.
+ActiveState.com')
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I am behind a proxy server. So I tried an alternate
I downloaded the module on my local machine and then tried installing it.

ppm> install C:\Perl\newlib\Date-Calc.ppd
Can't call method "ok" on an undefined value at C:/Perl/site/lib/PPM/U
+I.pm line
881, <$__ANONIO__> line 19.
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Anybody been in the same situation and knows whats going on ? Thanks

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Re: PPM wont work by etm117 (Pilgrim) on Sep 27, 2005 at 18:09 UTC
What works for me is that I switch into the directory that the .ppd file is and from there run (using your example) `ppm install Date-Calc.ppd` Update: Please let me clarify... I've seen that error in the past with a different module (don't remember which one) and the above has worked for me. But I do not know if it will work to remedy the error with the module you are trying to install.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: PPM wont work by shreya (Novice) on Sep 27, 2005 at 18:32 UTC
I did try that but stll receive the same error: `C:\Perl\newlib>ppm install Date-Calc.ppd Can't call method "ok" on an undefined value at C:/Perl/site/lib/PPM/U +I.pm line 881, <$__ANONIO__> line 19.` [download] Any more suggestions will be most welcome. Thanks	[reply] [d/l]
Re: PPM wont work by NateTut (Deacon) on Sep 27, 2005 at 18:47 UTC
Add lines similar to the following at the top of C:\Perl\bin\ppm.bat (or wherever you have it installed) `set http_proxy=http://<YourProxy Server Address here>:<Proxy Server Po +rt Here> set http_proxy_user=<Your UserName Here> set http_proxy_pass=<Your Password Here>` [download] Or if that is unclear: `set http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8080 set http_proxy_user=shreya set http_proxy_pass=Proxy_Password` [download] I hope this helps...	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: PPM wont work by holli (Abbot) on Sep 27, 2005 at 18:59 UTC
Have a look at A guide to installing modules for Win32. It's a tutorial about ppm written by, ahemm, me. holli, /regexed monk/	[reply]
Re: PPM wont work by InfiniteSilence (Curate) on Sep 27, 2005 at 18:20 UTC
Try this node: 495155 Celebrate Intellectual Diversity	[reply]
Re: PPM wont work by shreya (Novice) on Sep 27, 2005 at 18:34 UTC
Since PPM wont even install modules located on local computer I dont think this is an Proxy error. Any other suggestions are welcome. Thanks	[reply]