note PodMaster Acquire PPM, or (if you insist), follow these instructions. First, make sure you're downloading the right package (one intended for your version of perl), and then simply download it (ex: <a href="http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/WWW-Curl.tar.gz">WWW-Curl.tar.gz</A>). Then, uncompress it so now you have a blib directory in your current working directory, and then execute <PRE> perl -MExtUtils::Install -e install_default WWW/Curl</PRE> and voila. It's what PPM basically does. BE AWARE that the .ppd file may contain instructions to download extra files needed for install, which are not packaged with the tarball (like <A HREF="http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/scripts/libcurl.dll">libcurl.dll</A>, libeay32.dll, ssleay32.dll). You'll have to examine the .ppd file to make sure. If you look at <a href="http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/WWW-Curl.ppd">WWW-Curl.ppd</A> you'll see a reference to <TT><a HREF="http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/scripts/install_libcurl">install_libcurl</a></TT>. PPM would download this file and attempt to execute it. <TT>install_libcurl</TT> would check for the existence of specified files in your path, and prompt you whether to install them if they're not found. If you want autogenerated html docs (my packages generally don't include these), simply execute <PRE> perl -MActivePerl::DocTools -e ActivePerl::DocTools::WriteTOC()</PRE> or (the one I prefer) <PRE> perl -MPod::Master -e Update</PRE> You can acquire Pod::Master from perlmonks.org <a href="http://perlmonks.org/?node=Pod::Master">here</a>. <table border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 width="100%"><tr><td colspan=2 bgcolor="#FFF0FF"><a href="http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=MJD">MJD</a> <a href="http://www.perl.org/yapc/2002/movies/themovie/">says</a> "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 bgcolor="#FFE0FF">I run a Win32 PPM <a href="http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=162391">repository</a> for perl <a href="http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm">5.6.x</a> and <a href="http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/5.8">5.8.x</a> -- I take requests (<a href="http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/README.html">README</a>).</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 bgcolor="#FFD0FF">** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.</td></tr></table> 128077 128077