Hi!
At work, I've had to set HTTP_proxy to 129.189.11.254:80 to get the proxy
to work. Then, I do a search foobar to search for the package name. I
just installed Text::Autoformat this way:
> search text
this brought back a huge list, one3 item was "Text-Autoformat"
> install Text-Autoformat
Luke
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, bentwingedbird wrote:
> I'm currently trying to install a module for
> ActiveState Perl. I'm running W2K.
>
> I've attempted to use PPM, but am having little
> success so far. I've set the environment variable for
> my proxy server, and have no problem starting PPM.
> But I get no results when I do a search, and every
> attempt to download a module I get the following:
>
> Error installing package 'xx': Could not locate a PPD
> file for package xx
>
> I've checked the ActiveState repository, and the one's
> I've tried are there. Did I miss a step somewhere?
> Or would it be easier to grab the module(s) off CPAN
> and then try and install them (if that's even
> possible)?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Tim
>
>
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