To add to what DaWolf said, be warned that the module names as used by ppm are not always the same as the module. My recollections is that sometimes (but far from always) they make everything lower case, and they like replace :: with -. So you might have to install net-irc or Net-IRC rather than Net::IRC.

Going forward at some point (perhaps now? I don't have Windows to test it) I believe that it should be possible to use CPANPLUS with code that uses Module::Build so that you can install versions of modules without being at the mercy of ActiveState or some other volunteer to repackage them for you. Not many module authors have switched yet though...

In reply to Re: Perl modules in Windows by tilly
in thread Perl modules in Windows by Win

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