It looks to me that you're current ppm is accessing the wrong repository - perhaps it's searching a repository of ppm's built for perl 5.8. What does 'ppm set' report ?
Cheers, Rob
Comment on Re: Install Win32 API library in Perl 5.6.1
I don't understand your objection. As it turns out, the version of Win32-API in the uwinnipeg 5.6 repository is the same as in the ActiveState 5.6 repository. I can never find the URL of the ActiveState ppd's - which is why I suggest installing from the uwinnipeg rep (as I can supply the URL for it).