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I am new to perl..... i have installed Active perl 5.8.8.817 , working on windows XP... i am trying the ppm install "xyz module...." but it is giving error as " 'ppm' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." same error is with CPAN please help me out..........

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Re: PPM not working in Perl 5.8.0.
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jul 23, 2008 at 11:45 UTC
    You probably just need to add your perl\bin folder to the path.

    Cheers,
    Rob
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      or reboot, as activeperl's installer generally does that already
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Re: PPM not working in Perl 5.8.0.
by dHarry (Abbot) on Jul 23, 2008 at 13:08 UTC

    Control panel - System, tab "advanced", button "Environment variables", add <path to the bin directory> to the PATH variable. You shouldn't have to reboot.

    But you can first test it's correct working by navigating to the bin directory and execute the ppm tool.

    I use the Active perl and ppm myself under XP and it is my favourite distribution. I especially like the ppm GUI:-)

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Re: PPM not working in Perl 5.8.0.
by TomKane (Beadle) on Jul 23, 2008 at 13:31 UTC
    I have a similar setup, so I'll try to help you.

    Are you online when you run ppm? Are you using the ActiveState batch file?

    Tom

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