I had this problem when I was trying to install a PPM while on a private
intranet. It turns out that these PPM files are simply pointers written in
an XML type language that tells the ppd thingy where to find the source.
Just go into the PPM file with an ASCII text editor. From there, you can
se
Read the PPM documentation. It includes methods for installing from the
local disk and from behind a firewall. Either of those could be causing
your problem.
Installing the latest ActiveState Perl distribution may help too.
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** I normally forward private database questions to the DBI
