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ppm area list gives me: 

+--------+------+------------------+
| name   | pkgs | lib              |
+--------+------+------------------+
| (user) |  n/a | C:/Perl/site/lib |
| perl   |  178 | C:/Perl/lib      |
| site*  |  732 | C:/Perl/site/lib |
+--------+------+------------------+

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and hence the error message "ppm area failed: Uninitialized install area user". Any ideas where this (user) area came from and how I can remove it?

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Re^5: Puzzled by ppm
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Mar 01, 2012 at 00:47 UTC
    Any ideas where this (user) area came from and how I can remove it?

    Run ppm help and have a look at the ppm area init *area* documentation contained therein.
    That might give a clue to how it got there and how to get rid of it.

    It's not clear to me how the removal of an area can be achieved - or even if it can be achieved.
    If you have trouble removing it, instead try ppm area init user. (Not sure if user needs to be encased within ** as per the documentation ... you'd just have to try it and see.)

    Cheers,
    Rob
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Re^5: Puzzled by ppm
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 01, 2012 at 03:00 UTC

    What do you see if you enter: set PERL5LIB at a console?

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      I get the following message:
      Environment variable PERL5LIB not defined

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Re^5: Puzzled by ppm
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 01, 2012 at 03:13 UTC

    Maybe this will help you?

    With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
    Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
    "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
    In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

    The start of some sanity?
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      Thanks for the link. I tried the steps outlined in the response, but it did not help. I'm considering updating the affected modules in \Perl\lib to the version in \Perl\site\lib, however I think that future updates would also have to be applied to \Perl\lib manually to keep it in sync with \Perl\site\lib (something that would be almost as aggravating as the problem I now have).

      "Its not how hard you work, its how much you get done."

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        Hm. I managed to re-create your scenario (I used 'fred' rather than 'user').

        Create a directory below perl:

        C:\Perl64>md fred

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        Set perl5lib to point at it:

        C:\Perl64>set PERL5LIB=c:\perl64\fred

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        Issue the area init command:

        C:\Perl64>ppm area init fred
Syncing fred PPM database with .packlists...done

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        And there it is initialised:

        C:\Perl64>dir fred\*
03/03/2012  04:53    <DIR>          .
03/03/2012  04:53    <DIR>          ..
03/03/2012  04:53    <DIR>          etc

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        C:\Perl64>ppm area list
┌───────┬──────┬────────────────────┐
│ name  │ pkgs │ lib                │
├───────┼──────┼────────────────────┤
│ fred  │    0 │ c:/perl64/fred     │
│ site* │  256 │ C:/Perl64/site/lib │
│ perl  │  207 │ C:/Perl64/lib      │
└───────┴──────┴────────────────────┘

        So then I tried to remove it, but there is no area delete command, so, first I wiped out the directory:

        C:\Perl64>rd /q /s fred

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        And tried area list:

        C:\Perl64>ppm area list
┌────────┬──────┬────────────────────┐
│ name   │ pkgs │ lib                │
├────────┼──────┼────────────────────┤
│ (fred) │  n/a │ c:/perl64/fred     │
│ site*  │  256 │ C:/Perl64/site/lib │
│ perl   │  207 │ C:/Perl64/lib      │
└────────┴──────┴────────────────────┘

        And there it was, I had recreated your symptoms. So now how to get rid of it? The first thing I tried was to delete the PERL5LIB var:

        C:\Perl64>set PERL5LIB=

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        And there it was all gone away:

        C:\Perl64>ppm area list
┌───────┬──────┬────────────────────┐
│ name  │ pkgs │ lib                │
├───────┼──────┼────────────────────┤
│ site* │  256 │ C:/Perl64/site/lib │
│ perl  │  207 │ C:/Perl64/lib      │
└───────┴──────┴────────────────────┘
        With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
        Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
        "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
        In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

        The start of some sanity?
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