According to the ActiveState docs I have, the environment variables you need to set are:
HTTP_proxy HTTP_proxy_user HTTP_proxy_pass For instance: HTTP_proxy=http://proxy.yourdomain.com:portnumber HTTP_proxy_user=youruserid HTTP_proxy_pass=yourpassword HTH. John "Nyimi Jose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... I'm trying to install perl modules (DBI actually ...) for windows using PPM. My connection is via proxy and I have set HTTP_proxy , HTTP_user and HTTP_pass variables ... When I type the ppm command : search * I got the following messages: Searching in repository 1 (ActiveState Package Repository) Error: 501 Protocol scheme ' ' is not supported How can I solve this ? Thanks in advance. Jose. **** DISCLAIMER **** "This e-mail and any attachment thereto may contain information which is confidential and/or protected by intellectual property rights and are intended for the sole use of the recipient(s) named above. Any use of the information contained herein (including, but not limited to, total or partial reproduction, communication or distribution in any form) by other persons than the designated recipient(s) is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender either by telephone or by e-mail and delete the material from any computer". Thank you for your cooperation. For further information about Proximus mobile phone services please see our website at http://www.proximus.be or refer to any Proximus agent. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
