| Sisyphus 2006-01-10, 3:59 am |
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<wolfing1@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1135285359.880794.251710@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> just trying to install perl in my WinXP computer, trying to install
> some modules using PP3 and it gives me an error that it can't reach
> ppm.activestate.com. Tried pinging it... nothing. Tried going to it
> with Firefox... nothing.
> Is it down? Is it permanently down? Is there an alternative?
>
It doesn't seem to be down - it's working fine for me. Try entering:
ppm rep
That should give you something like:
[x] ActiveState Package Repository
where x is probably 1, but not necessarily.
Then try:
ppm rep describe x
(substituting the actual value for "x"). That should tell you the actual
location of the repository. For me, I get:
D:\pscrpt>ppm rep describe 1
Describing Active Repository 1:
Name: ActiveState Package Repository
Location:
http://ppm.ActiveState.com/PPM/ppms.../PPM/Server/SQL
Type: PPMServer 3.0
Is that what you get ?
There can be problems with ppm wrt firewalls and proxy servers.
If that's possibly what's giving you the problem, browse to your
Perl/html/faq/ActivePerl-faq2.html#ppm_and_proxies documentation.
There are also some other useful repositories - notably:
http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppmdir.html
http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/
http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/5.8/
Cheers,
Rob
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