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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----- Original Message -----
From: "Meng Yoke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 3:34 AM
Subject: ppm error - DBI installation
> I encountered error during PPM for DBI installation.
>
> When I perform "search DBI", I can get a list of
> modules for DBI. But when I executed "install DBI" I
> get "Could not locate a PPM binary of 'DBI' for this
> platform" error (see the end of this mail).
> PPM> install DBI
> Install package 'DBI?' (y/N): y
> Installing package 'DBI'...
> Error installing package 'DBI': Could not locate a PPM
> binary of 'DBI' for this
> platform
