It seems that numerous people are being bitten by this error from the
ActivePerl MSI installer. The full text of the error message probably looks
something like this:
Installer Information
Internal Error 2744. PPM_CONFIG, C:\perl\bin,
"C:\Perl\bin\wPerl.exe" "C:\Perl\bin\configPPM.pl"
"C:\Perl\site\lib\ppm.xml" "D:\downloads\perl\\"
"C:\Perl\site\lib\ppm.xml~"
We have determined that one cause of this error message is due to
other installations of Perl that may be pointed to by something in the
environment.
The sure fire solution is to be absolutely sure that no other installations
of Perl are on the target machine. Realizing that this is not always possible,
you can follow these steps to ensure the other installations will not interfere.
1) Stop the `Windows Installer' service. This can be accomplished from the
command prompt using the following command:
c:\> net stop "Windows Installer"
2) Temporarily remove `PERLLIB' and `PERL5LIB' environment variables from the
system environment.
3) Temporarily remove or rename the following registry values:
[\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Perl] lib = <directory>
[\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Perl] sitelib = <directory>
[\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Perl] lib-<PerlVersion> = <directory>
[\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Perl] sitelib-<PerlVersion> = <directory>
4) Proceed with installation.
Once the installation has completed successfully, the above actions may be
undone although doing so may interfere with the proper operation of your new
ActivePerl installation.
In order to perform all of the above steps you will need to have Administrative
privileges on the target machine. If you do not have the required privileges
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