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

I think (but am not 100% sure) that because you got multiple matches for your search, you need to be specific about which one you want, ie: 
install 1

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Anyway, that works for me: 

ppm> search List-MoreUtils
Searching in Active Repositories
  1. List-MoreUtils [0.21] Provide the stuff missing in List::Util
  2. List-MoreUtils [0.21] List-MoreUtils
  3. List-MoreUtils [0.16] Provide the stuff missing in List::Util
  4. List-MoreUtils [0.16] Provide the stuff missing in List::Util
ppm> install 1
Package 1:
====================
Install 'List-MoreUtils' version 0.21 in ActivePerl 5.8.7.813.
====================
Downloaded 38527 bytes.
Extracting 9/9: blib/arch/auto/List/MoreUtils/MoreUtils.lib
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\List\MoreUtils\MoreUtils.bs
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\List\MoreUtils\MoreUtils.dll
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\List\MoreUtils\MoreUtils.exp
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\List\MoreUtils\MoreUtils.lib
Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\List\MoreUtils.html
Files found in blib\arch: installing files in blib\lib into architectu
+re depende
nt library tree
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\List\MoreUtils.pm
Successfully installed List-MoreUtils version 0.21 in ActivePerl 5.8.7
+.813.

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Cheers,
Darren :)

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Re^2: Inconsistency in PPM "search" and "install"
by rodion (Chaplain) on Aug 21, 2006 at 10:07 UTC
    I got only the two copies of version 0.21 when I tried typed in the search, and in that case using an "install List-MoreUtils" command as the next entry worked fine. I agree that that's not the way to do the install command. (Too much typing for me.)
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      " I got only the two copies of version 0.21 when I tried typed in the search.."

      That's probably because you have less active repositories configured than I do. I have 4, I think the default is 2. You can see which repositories are configured (and active) by issuing the rep[ository] command, ie: 

      ppm> rep
Repositories:
[1] ActiveState PPM2 Repository
[2] ActiveState Package Repository
[3] UW_Winnepeg
[4] Kobes
[ ] Winnepeg2

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      "I agree that that's not the way to do the install command."

      Well, there are several ways to install using ppm - it's just easier after a search to install by number. You can also install by a range of numbers, or a URL. "help install" from the ppm command-line gives the full low-down.

      Cheers,
      Darren :)

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