Re: URL for CPAN Package Repository

Red_Dragon:

The URL you provided appears to be correct if you're interested in CPAN packages. Note that the URL is to the root of a hierarchy of packages, and the root level doesn't contain any package itself.

But I think the problem you're having is that you're wanting to use the Active State package manager to install packages. For that, you're not going to want a CPAN repository, but an Active State package repository. A quick googling returns http://ppm4.activestate.com/ which has pointers to several PPM repositories. The PPM repositories may have some of the CPAN modules, but may be out-of-date, patched, etc. So if you want to use CPAN modules, you can do so, but you can't do it with the active state package manager. If you want to use the active state package manager, then you can't use CPAN.

...roboticus

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Re^2: URL for CPAN Package Repository by furry_marmot (Pilgrim) on Jul 27, 2010 at 17:05 UTC
The PPM repositories are not static and are generally up-to-date. Some issues exist with some modules in getting them to compile on Windows. And obviously some won't work on Windows at all for a variety of reasons, the same way there are Windows-specific modules that might end up on CPAN, but won't work on Unix/Linux. But I have rarely encountered a newer version of a module on CPAN that didn't make it into the Activestate, Trouchelle, Bribes de Perl, or U of Winnipeg repositories before long. Also, the newer versions of PPM will manage modules that you have installed via the CPAN or CPANPLUS shells, which the OP might be interested in checking out. --marmot Update: Changed PPM repository URL's to human-readable destinations.	[reply]
Re^2: URL for CPAN Package Repository by Anonymous Monk on Jul 27, 2010 at 16:07 UTC
I'd be more likely to describe ppm as a subset of CPAN, instead of something different. Randy Kobes at http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/10xx/ keeps a fairly well updated repository and reference to a few others. He's also usually amenable to posting newly built modules, when requested.	[reply]