On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Richard Heintze wrote: > I've searched the archives for "connect" and could > find no hints. > > As per the mod_perl installation instructions, I type > the following command: > C:\Program Files\Apache > Group\APACHE2\mod_perl-1.99_08>ppm install > http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/cgi-bin/ppmserver?urn:/PPMServer58
You don't want to do that - rather, try C:\> ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/mod_perl.ppd The address http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/cgi-bin/ppmserver?urn:/PPMServer58 is what you can set the repository to within the ppm shell. > And I get these errors (see below). I have installed > Apache 2 and perl 5.8 and I'm trying to install > mod_perl2. > > Error: No valid repositories: Error: 500 Can't connect to > ppm.ActiveState.com:80 (Bad hostname > 'ppm.ActiveState.com') at > D:/Perl/site/lib/PPM/Repository.pm line 84 Error: 500 > Can't connect to > ppm-ia.ActiveState.com:80 (Bad hostname > 'ppm-ia.ActiveState.com') at > D:/Perl/site/lib/PPM/Repository.pm line 84 There was recent discussion on the perl-win32-users mailing list (archives at http://www.activestate.com/) about this. Part of the problem I think is that ppm-ia.ActiveState.com isn't running yet. One recommendation was to use ppm2 for now. -- best regards, randy kobes
