Re: PPM module installs hang "Generating HTML"

Whenever I install a module this way the installation hangs at the "Generating HTML" stage. Often I have to leave the machine overnight for this to complete.

Well, it doesn't "hang", strictly speaking. It's just slow. Actually I'm astonished, for me it's always been at most a matter of minutes even for very large stuff.

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Re^2: PPM module installs hang "Generating HTML" by anonymized user 468275 (Curate) on Jun 15, 2016 at 18:42 UTC
So what is the OP supposed to do, wait the rest of his life to see if you are right? Or perhaps use the cpan utility instead! One world, one people	[reply]
Re^3: PPM module installs hang "Generating HTML" by Anonymous Monk on Jun 15, 2016 at 23:07 UTC
So what is the OP supposed to do, wait the rest of his life to see if you are right? Or perhaps use the cpan utility instead! Install/upgrade ExtUtils::MakeMaker, to undo ActieState modifications, so when ppm installs stuff, it doesn't try to update documentation, which is SUPER SLOW on laptops and other "low RPM" hard disks because it reads/writes a thousand files TWICE, for every distribution installed Its not a big deal on 10,000RPM hard disks but on 5400RPM laptop disk it is SLOW Not sure if they still do this nonsense in 2016, its been a while since I stopped using it, see Re: PPM performs uneeded checks, Re^3: How to change compiler options used by cpan ?, Also speaking of dates, that node is from 2007 , something to consider ... Sad news	[reply]