Re^3: Install Module issue

The command line version of "ppm" is still there if you want it, but it can be hard to find

Hmmm ... I just ran ppm install Win32-API in a fresh installation of the latest ActiveState build (820) and it installed just fine - thankfully without launching any GUI crap at all. This seems to be in contradiction to your post - or have I misunderstood something ?

Cheers,
Rob

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Re^4: Install Module issue by jettero (Monsignor) on Apr 30, 2007 at 13:00 UTC
The ppm shell still attaches to the win32 console, so you'll get a dos window either way (iirc). If you start ppm without any arguments, it'll pop up the GUI — unless you have an older version of active perl. If you have the latest build, then I suspect you gave it install arguments and it didn't bother with the GUI since it already knew what you wanted. P.S. Don't be too down on the GUI. It lowers the bar for new perl nerds and it's not a bad GUI at that. -Paul	[reply]
Re^5: Install Module issue by syphilis (Archbishop) on May 01, 2007 at 03:22 UTC
then I suspect you gave it install arguments and it didn't bother with the GUI Aaah ... yes, if you run 'ppm' without args it now launches the GUI console (whereas it used to put you into the ppm interactive shell). Now I understand what rodion was saying. Cheers, Rob	[reply]