Re: ppm zip downloads

[jand]

The ZIP file packages were seriously out-of-date (they haven't been updated for several years).

If you are using a version of ActivePerl that contains PPM4 (ActivePerl 820 or later, or any 100x version), then you can just download the *.ppmx files from the ppm4 build status tables, and install them locally with:

    ppm install Foo-Bar-0.42.ppmx

[Gulliver]

I need to install on several 64 bit windows machines behind firewalls so this is something I've been searching for.

I tried that link but when I actually save the file it has the extension gz. It says package.ppmx on the popup if you hover the mouse on the link for the different os choices. I have tried extracting the files but there is a .ppd file inside and no sign of ppmx. ppm install foo.ppd gives errors that there is no code inside to build or something similar. I finally went back to dmake. I saw another post warning of the dangers of dmake with ActiveState but I seem to have had good luck so far.