Yes it's in the ppm doc (shame on me): just need to set env. var. 'HTTP_proxy'
Thanks a lot! > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Sterin, Ilya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Envoyé : vendredi 31 mai 2002 09:51 > À : 'Jean Christophe Rousseau'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet : RE: installing DBI > > > You can configure your PPM to bypass proxy. See PPM documentation that > came with ActivePerl. > > Also, then you'll want to install from my repository, as I have the 1.21 > version and I'll have the 1.23 version up tomorrow. > > ppm install http://www.xmlproj.com/PPM/DBI.ppd > > Ilya > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jean Christophe Rousseau > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 2:55 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: installing DBI > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I had no problem to install DBI on my computer at home. > > "ppm install dbi" worked fine. > > But at work (where it really matters!), ppm failed. I'm quite > > sure this is because I'm behind a proxy. > > > > So I tried it the other way: dowloading dbi.ppd > > But I get this message: > > > > C:\temp>ppm install DBI.ppd > > Installing package 'DBI.ppd'... > > Error installing package 'DBI.ppd': Read a PPD for 'DBI.ppd', > > but it is not intended for this build of Perl > > (MSWin32-x86-multi-thread) > > > > I'm going to try it another way: recompliling DBI with VC++, > > but as I'm waiting for VC++ cd's I thought someone here might > > have another solution. > > > > my config: > > win2000 > > latest version of activeperl > > > > Thanks! > > > > Christophe > >
