Hi,
I have activestate on winXP.
I have installed/updated modules using ppm without a hitch.
I want to try Win32::Rase but have not been able to find it with ppm so I (nervously) tried the cpan.pm method you describe.
The 'install' command doesn't find it but the 'i' command seems to know about it.
Any advice please? Thanks in advance. 
C:\Perl>perl -MCPAN -e "shell"
Terminal does not support AddHistory.

cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7601)
ReadLine support available (try 'install Bundle::CPAN')

cpan> install Win32::Rase
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read \.cpan\Metadata
  Database was generated on Thu, 29 Jul 2004 06:14:41 GMT
Warning: Cannot install Win32::Rase, don't know what it is.
Try the command

    i /Win32::Rase/

to find objects with matching identifiers.

cpan> i /Win32::Rase/
Module id = Win32::RASE
    DESCRIPTION  Dialup entries and connections on Win32
    CPAN_USERID  MBLAZ (Mike Blazer <blazer@peterlink.ru>)
    CPAN_VERSION 1.01
    CPAN_FILE    M/MB/MBLAZ/Win32-RASE-1.01.tar.gz
    DSLI_STATUS  Rdpf (released,developer,perl,functions)
    INST_FILE    (not installed)


cpan>

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