in reply to Inconsistency in PPM "search" and "install"

I went into ppm (version 3.1) on an XP box and typed the commands exactly as you (monkfan) have them. It worked fine.

I noticed that the error message in your post says

Error: no suitable installation target found for package List-MoreUtil
(bolding added) although your command said "install List-MoreUtils". It looks like when you typed the command into ppm, you left off the "s" on the end. We all do it sometimes.

Update: I notice holli responded just before me (same minute). I very much recommend his A guide to installing modules for Win32. Which includes his advice above.

Update:Added strikeout. My error. My thanks to marto. In that case I don't have an explanation of why it didn't work for monkfan, assuming the Error message was pasted from the original, rather than retyped.

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Re^2: Inconsistency in PPM "search" and "install"
by marto (Cardinal) on Aug 21, 2006 at 09:31 UTC
    Hi rodion,

    monkfan has used code tags to post the error message. Without code tags:

    ppm> install List-MoreUtils Error: no suitable installation target found for package List-MoreUtils

    Looks like this when inside code tags: 
    ppm> install List-MoreUtils
Error: no suitable installation target found for package List-MoreUtil
+s

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    Note that the s in List-MoreUtils is on the next line.

    Martin
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