BourneID has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have downloaded URI::Escape from CPAN. However, I cannot find the install package but source script. So, how can I can install this script to my own perl environment. I use active perl 5.10 on my XP, and have installed dmake and gcc. I know that the active perl have a Perl Package Manager, but this tool does not support proxy, and I must set proxy to access internet in my firm. So, I have to install the perl package manually. Hope to get solution

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Re: How to install URI::Escape 3.30
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 06, 2010 at 03:54 UTC
    I know that the active perl have a Perl Package Manager, but this tool does not support proxy, and I must set proxy to access internet in my firm.

    Try: 

    set HTTP_proxy=http://yourproxy:nnnn
set HTTP_proxy_user=yourusername
set HTTP_proxy_pass=yourproxypassword
ppm-shell
install URI::Escape

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    If that works for you, then you can add them to your environment permanently in the usual way.

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      Thank you so much, it works!!! :-)
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Re: How to install URI::Escape 3.30
by james2vegas (Chaplain) on Sep 06, 2010 at 03:40 UTC
    Do you mean URI::Escape or URI::Escape::XS? The former is part of URI, which shouldn't require a complicated installation (no non-Perl parts). The latter is obviously more complicated as it requires compilation of XS. URI should be available like ActivePerl's PPM, not sure about the other.

    Update: missed the version number. Yeah, you may need to compile URI::Escape::XS, but is it necessary, have you profiled your code, is URI::Escape a significant bottleneck.
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      I want to update the URI::Escape. Now the URI::Escape version in my perl is 3.29,but I want to update it to 3.30, how to do so, thanks!
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