Problem finding PPM modules for ActivePerl 64bit Beta

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

'lo monks,

I've been using the new beta of ActivePerl 64bit on my Windows x64 box and very good it is too.

I've run into a small snag - using PPM to find and install modules doesn't seem to work:

ppm> search File::Find::Rule
Searching in Active Repositories
No matches for 'File::Find::Rule'; see 'help search'.
ppm>
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I suspect this is because it's searching in a 64bit architecture repository and not finding much. I can understand this for things that use XS and compiled DLLs, but not for things that are just "regular" .pms.

Is there any way to force PPM to fetch some 32bit modules instead?

Update: Using CPAN and installing 64bit nmake from the Windows SDK has done the job. Ta all :)

*wags*

2006-04-26 Retitled by planetscape, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'ActivePerl 64bit Beta'

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Re: Problem finding PPM modules for ActivePerl 64bit Beta
by McDarren (Abbot) on Apr 24, 2006 at 14:35 UTC

This is what I get on my (win32) box:

K:\Temp>ppm search File::Find::Rule
Searching in Active Repositories
No matches for 'File::Find::Rule'; see 'help search'.

K:\Temp>ppm search File-Find-Rule
Searching in Active Repositories
   1. File-Find-Rule                 [0.28] File-Find-Rule
   2. File-Find-Rule-Digest          [0.01] File-Find-Rule-Digest
   3. File-Find-Rule-DIZ             [0.05] File-Find-Rule-DIZ
   4. File-Find-Rule-Filesys-Virtual [1.21] File-Find-Rule-Filesys-Vir
+tual
   5. File-Find-Rule-ImageSize       [0.03] File-Find-Rule-ImageSize
   6. File-Find-Rule-MMagic          [0.02] File-Find-Rule-MMagic
   7. File-Find-Rule-MP3Info         [0.01] File-Find-Rule-MP3Info
   8. File-Find-Rule-SAUCE           [0.02] File-Find-Rule-SAUCE
   9. File-Find-Rule-Type            [0.05] File-Find-Rule-Type
  10. File-Find-Rule-WellFormed      [0.01] File-Find-Rule-WellFormed
  11. Test-File-Find-Rule            [1.00] Test-File-Find-Rule
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Cheers,
Darren :)

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Re^2: Problem finding PPM modules for ActivePerl 64bit Beta

by puploki (Hermit) on Apr 24, 2006 at 14:46 UTC

No, no joy I'm afraid - nice idea though :)

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Re: Problem finding PPM modules for ActivePerl 64bit Beta
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Apr 24, 2006 at 14:34 UTC

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.