im t rying to install a perl module from this activestate repository url page ( http://code.activestate.com/ppm/WebService-Dropbox/<http://code.activestate.com/ppm/Test-TCP/> )
it states... ultra easy to install, merely type 'ppm install Test-TCP' expanding that instruction with the [+] at right doesnt really shed any more lower level info thats actually required to make this happen. it says: 1. Download and install ActivePerl<http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads#> 2. Open Command Prompt 3. Type ppm install Test-TCP but in fact, ppm has a notion of 'repositories' its been set up to look through. when i inspect the currently entered activestate ppm url that my ppm (v 4.01) uses, it shows this url: http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x86/5.8/820/package.xml when i then try 'ppm install WebService-Dropbox', ppm fails with... C:\Perl\bin>ppm install WebService-Dropbox Downloading ActiveState Package Repository packlist...not modified Downloading trouchelle packlist...not modified Downloading theoryx5 packlist...not modified Downloading sisyphusion.tk 5.8 packlist...not modified ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provide WebService-Dropbox yet, i know that in fact, that there is both a .tar.gz and matching .ppd file for this package thats available at activestate - at these specific urls: http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x86/5.8/825/A/AS/ASKADNA/WebService-Dropbox-1.05.tar.gz http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x86/5.8/825/A/AS/ASKADNA/WebService-Dropbox-1.05.ppd (i know this as ive manually downloaded them to my pc, originally i was going to just manually download the required tar.gz and .ppd files but all of these dependencies to also get and isntall manually is finally taking its toll on me.) there must be something wrong in the url ive set to use for activestates ppm repository and/or perhaps there is some need to 'refresh' my ppm to make sure its 'seeing' all of the latest packages (eg, perhaps ppm caches this list and its not been locally updated for years now). finally to say, years ago, i was able to enter the listed activestate package.xml url into a browser to get back an ASCII human readable list of all packages. today when i try the same thing, all of my browsers crash when i enter that url into them. and if i instead use a perl 'http-get' script to move the file to my pc (thus bypassing a web 'browser', it does indeed move to my pc and create a 1.5 mb file on my pc, but alas, when i try to open it, the contents are binary, not ASCII. what gives here? most all other repositories allow one to download the package.xml list in a human readable ascii form. i dont understand if somethings broken here with the actual package.xml file, and/or if there is merely a simple fix i need to do with my ppm to cause it to 'see all of the latest active state packages available for perl 5.8.8 build 820 any help would be GREATLY appreciated, greg
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