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i´m exhausted by installing cpan/ppm support for activestate perl 5.16.1 on a windows machine..

C:\>perl -v

This is perl 5, version 16, subversion 1 (v5.16.1) built for MSWin32-x
+86-multi-t
hread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2012, Larry Wall

Binary build 1601 [296175] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveSt
+ate.com
Built Aug 30 2012 20:08:55

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
+ or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source ki
+t.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found 
+on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to
+ the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Pa
+ge.


C:\>perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 16 subversion 1) configuration
+:

  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=5.2, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
    uname=''
    config_args='undef'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=und
+ef
    use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cl', ccflags ='-nologo -GF -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32 -D
+_CONSOLE -
DNO_STRICT -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT
+_CONTEXT -
DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -D_USE_32BIT_TIME_T',
    optimize='-MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1',
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccversion='12.00.8168', gccversion='', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='__int64
+', lseeksi
ze=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='link', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf  -l
+ibpath:"C:
\Perl516\Perl\lib\CORE"  -machine:x86'
    libpth=\lib
    libs=oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib  
+comdlg32.l
ib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib  netapi32.lib uuid.
+lib ws2_32
.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib  version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib comctl32.l
+ib msvcrt.
lib
    perllibs=oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.l
+ib  comdlg
32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib  netapi32.lib u
+uid.lib ws
2_32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib  version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib comctl
+32.lib msv
crt.lib
    libc=msvcrt.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=perl516.lib
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:
+ref,icf  -
libpath:"C:\Perl516\Perl\lib\CORE"  -machine:x86'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: HAS_TIMES HAVE_INTERP_INTERN MULTIPLICITY
                        PERLIO_LAYERS PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
                        PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
                        PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV PL_OP_SLAB
+_ALLOC
                        USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_LOCALE
                        USE_LOCALE_COLLATE USE_LOCALE_CTYPE
                        USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF
                        USE_SITECUSTOMIZE
  Locally applied patches:
        ActivePerl Build 1601 [296175]
  Built under MSWin32
  Compiled at Aug 30 2012 20:08:55
  %ENV:
    PERL_HOME="C:\Perl516\Perl"
  @INC:
    C:/Perl516/Perl/site/lib
    C:/Perl516/Perl/lib
    .

C:\>cpan

It looks like you don't have a C compiler and make utility installed. 
+ Trying
to install dmake and the MinGW gcc compiler using the Perl Package Man
+ager.
This may take a a few minutes...

ppm.bat install failed: Can't find any package that provides MinGW

It looks like the installation of dmake and MinGW has failed.  You wil
+l not
be able to run Makefile commands or compile C extension code.  Please 
+check
your internet connection and your proxy settings!


cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v2.00)
Enter 'h' for help.

cpan> ←[31mCaught SIGINT, trying to continue←[0m
←[32mLockfile removed.←[0m
Terminate batch job (Y/N)? y

C:\>ppm install MinGW
ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provides MinGW

C:\>
[download]

so.. what i dont mind of?!
it looks like ppm is not able to fetch the repository.. but i dont know how to fix that?!
kindly, perlig

edit: proxy is already set
edit: it´s not only about MinGW - ppm is not able to install -ANY- package..

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