> > Jeff, > > After I downloaded it locally, I was able to install > it. > > It wasn't a proxy issue. I think the reason it wasn't > working directly from the ftp site, is because the > browser thinks the "ppd" files are HTML, not binary. > When I downloaded the pdd files locally, I had to be > careful to download them as a regular files (without > the htm extention).
PPM shouldn't care about the browser, since it doesn't/shouldn't use the browser. If you have a proxy server, you need to configure PPM to use it. See ActiveState's website for more help. I'm glad it works. Jeff > > Thanks for your help. > > --- Jeff Urlwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try to FTP all the files from those directories > > directly to your machine. > > This is probably something covered by ActiveState's > > FAQ or help, for > > configuring PPM to go through Proxies, or something. > > But, if you use your > > browser and download all the files to your hard > > drive, say into c:\tmp, then > > you can > > > > Ppm install c:\tmp\DBI.ppd > > > > Also, please use the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > for support. > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 10:30 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: FW: Binary build(s) of DBI, DBD::ODBC and > > > > > DBD::Oracle available for ActivePerl 807 > > > > > > > > > I'm new to Perl, so if contacting you is > > inappropiate, > > > I apologize in advance. > > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/dbi-announce%40perl.org/msg00178.html > > > > As per your instructions above, I tried to install > > DBI.ppd, but I am getting an error. > > > > ppm> install > > ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.2/DBI.ppd > > Error: No valid repositories: > > > > This is my perl installation version: > > C:\>perl -version > > This is perl, v5.8.2 built for > > MSWin32-x86-multi-thread > > (with 25 registered patches, see perl -V for more > > detail) > > > > I am running this on Windows 2000 > > > > Thank you in advance for your help. > > > > Yaakov Sash > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbo> nus >
