I am having trouble installing "libwww-perl" via PPM3 v 3.0.1.

I have just reinstalled ActiveState Perl v5.6.1 build 633 on my NT4.0 SP6 computer 
after completely uninstalling all previous version of ActiveState Perl.

The "normal" failure is the following:
Repositories:
> [1] ActiveState Package Repository
> [2] ActiveState PPM2 Repository
> [3] Jenda
> [4] Winnipeg
> [5] RothConsulting
> ppm> search libwww
> Searching in Active Repositories
>   1. libwww-perl  [5.48] ActiveState Package Repository [http://ppm-ia.ActiveS~
> ppm> install libwww
> Error: Failed to download URL
> http://www.roth.net/perl/packages/libwww.ppd: 500 Can't connect to $1:80
> (Bad hostname '$1')
> ppm>

>From the error message, I can tell that PPM3 is trying to use the RothConsulting 
>repository.  I don't know why and it should, it knows(knew) that it is at the 
>"ActiveState Package Repository".

OK.  I'm an adaptable individual, I'll use the REP OFF command to prevent PPM3 from 
looking anywhere else.  So now I get:

> Repositories:
> [1] ActiveState Package Repository
> [ ] ActiveState PPM2 Repository
> [ ] Jenda
> [ ] RothConsulting
> [ ] Winnipeg
> ppm> describe libwww-perl
> ====================
>     Name: libwww-perl
>  Version: 5.48
>   Author: Gisle Aas ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>    Title: libwww-perl
> Abstract: libwww-perl cookbook
> Location: ActiveState Package Repository
> Available Platforms:
>        1. i686-linux-thread-multi
>        2. MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
>        3. sun4-solaris-thread-multi
> ====================
> ppm> install libwww-perl
> Error: PPD for 'R:/inetpub/wwwroot/www2.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6-
> plus/libwww-perl.ppd' could not be found.

I did the DESCRIBE to prove that the libwww-perl module could still be found.  Perhaps 
it's not found but cached from the previous search. But anyway, it doesn't work.

I'd would try PPM(2) but the libwww-perl module is not in the PPM2 repository.

Any suggestions on what is going wrong and how to get this module loaded?

Thanks.

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