Probably because you haven't set the HTTP_PROXY environment variable to your proxy.
e.g. set HTTP_PROXY=myproxy.mydomain.com:8080 Jared On Sunday 17 November 2002 19:43, Janet C. wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to install DBD-Oracle8 using ppm. I get an error message as > follows: > > C:\>ppm install http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6/DBD-Oracle8.ppd > Error: No valid repositories: Error: 500 Can't connect to > ppm.ActiveState.com:80 (connect: Unknown error) at > C:/Perl/site/lib/PPM/Repository.pm line 84 Error: 500 EOF instead of > reponse status line at > C:/Perl/site/lib/PPM/Repository.pm line 84 > > > Any idea why this isn't working for me? > > Janet.
