My question was different..should I to have packages installed to get the output using tee? I have followed all the required steps to install packages using ppm but of no use. As soon as open the ppm or try commandline option to install any package getting the results as "ppm install DateTime" Downloading ActiveState Package Repository packlist...not found ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provides DateTime I have tried setting the http proxy as provided in the guide but no luck.