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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 1/3/2004 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Install DBI on Win2000 Home PC PPM - Programmer's Package Manager version 3.1. Copyright (c) 2001 ActiveState SRL. All Rights Reserved. Entering interactive shell. Using Term::ReadLine::Stub as readline library. Type 'help' to get started. ppm> install DBI Error: No valid repositories: Error: 500 Can't connect to ppm.ActiveState.com:80 (Bad protocol 'tcp') Error: 500 Can't connect to ppm.ActiveState.com:80 (Bad protocol 'tcp') ppm> Perl Version : 5.8.2 (ActiveState) Could anyone suggest me how to fix the install problem.. Thanks in Advance.