Hi Khurrum,

According to http://ppm.activestate.com/BuildStatus/5.8-S.html, SOAP::Lite is core for ActivePerl 5.8 on all operating systems (including Linux) ... so, if you have ActivePerl 5.8.x on your linux box, then you already have SOAP::Lite. (Afaict, they won't have a PPM for it for *any* OS - simply because it *is* core.)

As regards CPAN.pm, I don't use it, but I believe you'll be able to set it up to do the things you want (without being continually prompted).

Cheers,
Rob