> 
> Jeff,
> 
> After I downloaded it locally, I was able to install
> it. 
> 
> It wasn't a proxy issue. I think the reason it wasn't
> working directly from the ftp site, is because the
> browser thinks the "ppd" files are HTML, not binary.
> When I downloaded the pdd files locally, I had to be
> careful to download them as a regular files (without
> the htm extention).

PPM shouldn't care about the browser, since it doesn't/shouldn't use the
browser.  If you have a proxy server, you need to configure PPM to use it.
See ActiveState's website for more help.

I'm glad it works.

Jeff
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> --- Jeff Urlwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Try to FTP all the files from those directories
> > directly to your machine.
> > This is probably something covered by ActiveState's
> > FAQ or help, for
> > configuring PPM to go through Proxies, or something.
> >  But, if you use your
> > browser and download all the files to your hard
> > drive, say into c:\tmp, then
> > you can
> > 
> > Ppm install c:\tmp\DBI.ppd
> > 
> > Also, please use the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
> > for support.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Jeff
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 10:30 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: FW: Binary build(s) of DBI, DBD::ODBC and
> > 
> > > DBD::Oracle available for ActivePerl 807
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I'm new to Perl, so if contacting you is
> > inappropiate,
> > > I apologize in advance.
> > > 
> >
> http://www.mail-archive.com/dbi-announce%40perl.org/msg00178.html
> > 
> > As per your instructions above, I tried to install
> > DBI.ppd, but I am getting an error.
> > 
> > ppm> install
> > ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.2/DBI.ppd
> > Error: No valid repositories:
> > 
> > This is my perl installation version:
> > C:\>perl -version
> > This is perl, v5.8.2 built for
> > MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
> > (with 25 registered patches, see perl -V for more
> > detail)
> > 
> > I am running this on Windows 2000
> > 
> > Thank you in advance for your help.
> > 
> > Yaakov Sash
> 
> 
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