Along the lines of what has been mentioned, do a search in the ActiveState page for the HTTP_PROXY environment variable. I believe just looking up the word "firewall" will get you the articles you're looking for.
-----Original Message----- From: ss004b3324 [mailto:meecho@;blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 3:07 PM To: Beginners Subject: RE: perl modules for NT Hi Shaunn, I am running W2K SP3 and it installs OK. > pmm>install DBD-Oracle PPM> install dbd::oracle Install package 'dbd-oracle?' (y/N): y Installing package 'dbd-oracle'... Bytes transferred: 92963 Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.bs Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.dll Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.exp Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.lib Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\Oraperl.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBD\Oracle.html Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\oraperl.ph Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\Oraperl.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\Oracle.pm Installing C:\Perl\bin\ora_explain Installing C:\Perl\bin\ora_explain.bat Writing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\.packlist Check which repository ppm is using: PPM> set Commands will be confirmed. Temporary files will be deleted. Download status will be updated every 16384 bytes. Case-insensitive searches will be performed. Package installations will continue if a dependency cannot be installed. Tracing info will not be written. Screens will pause after 24 lines. Query/search results will be verbose. Current PPD repository paths: ActiveState Package Repository: http://ppm.ActiveState.com/cgibin/PPM/ppmserver.pl?urn:/PPMServer To set the repository path: PPM> set repository Repository_Name URL so for ActiveState Package Repository as above: PPM> set ActiveState Package Repository http://ppm.ActiveState.com/cgibin/PPM/ppmserver.pl?urn:/PPMServer (The URL above will most likely be wrapped) ppm set help gives: set repository NAME LOCATION - Adds a repository to the list of PPD repositories for this session. 'NAME' is the name by which this repository will be referred; 'LOCATION' is a URL or directory name. > D:\PERL\BIN>ppm > PPM interactive shell (2.1.6) - type 'help' for available commands. > PPM> install dbi > Install package 'dbi?' (y/N): y > Installing package 'dbi'... > Error installing package 'dbi': Could not locate a PPD file for > package dbi > PPM> version > 2.1.6 > PPM> I think that your repository is not pointing to the correct URL. My PPM is: PPM> version 2.1.5 Hth, Shaun --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.410 / Virus Database: 231 - Release Date: 31/10/2002 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
