"Bill Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > This may not be the correct forum for this question - sorry. > > I was trying to install DBI on a new server where I had just installed Perl. > > PPM aborts --- > PPM> install dbi > Install package 'dbi?' (y/N): y > Retrieving package 'dbi'... > HTTP POST failed: 500 (Can't connect to www.activestate.com:80 (Bad hostname > 'www.activestate.com'), <> line 3. > ), in SOAP method call. Content of response: > at C:/Perl/site/lib/PPM/SOAPClient.pm line 222 > > Line 222 says: > my $result = $soap->send_receive( > $self->{'_server'}, > $self->{'_urn'}, > $method, > $soap_request ); > > What is the probable cause of this error? >
Behind a firewall? I think you need to tell PPM if you are. On Windows you have to add an ENV variable.
