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in thread Activestate Perl module upgrade assistance

mrlizard123,

I'm pretty sure that install will simply install the new version of the module, replacing the existing (in this case older) version. If I am wrong I'll soon be corrected :)

You could check the documentation for the version of PPM you are using. I've not used PPM for quite some time since I use Strawberry Perl when working on a Microsoft Windows platform, which has cpan in addition to ppm.

Martin

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Re^4: Activestate Perl module upgrade assistance
by mrlizard123 (Novice) on Jun 09, 2009 at 11:22 UTC
    I use strawberry perl on my windows laptop, but unfortunately I don't have the luxury of dictating what is used on the server in question... ah well, we do what we must.

    Thanks again for your help, very much appreciated! :)
Re^4: Activestate Perl module upgrade assistance
by jand (Friar) on Jun 09, 2009 at 15:23 UTC
    ActivePerl has included a preconfigured cpan shell for a couple of years too; you just need to install a C compiler in order to build modules containing XS. You can use PPM to install gcc from MinGW and dmake using:
        ppm install MinGW
    
    Also, Strawberry Perl comes with a PPM commandline client too.