Hi Patrick,
You can download the *.gz and *.ppd file (eg from ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.2) Edit the ppd file, change CODEBASE to point to where you downloaded the *.gz file. In ppm add a new repository, eg rep add new \<location of *.ppd> now use ppm to install DBI as normal. Of course it might be worth just checking your HTTP_PROXY setting!!! HTH Cheers Tony
