install Perl 5.8.8

[Edgar Brito]

Is it possible to install Perl by another port different of port 80. I have port 80 blocked by a firewall. I get this message

ppm> install LWP:Simple

Error: No valid repositories: Error: 500 Can't connect to ppm.ActiveState.com:80 (connect: Invalid argument)

I would like to know if there is another port to do this instalation.

[Dennis Handly]

Is this for HP-UX?

[Edgar Brito]

Yes, it is HP UX 11.11

[Torsten.]

I'm not this familiar with perl, but yoir application/installer wants to connect to the web site ppm.ActiveState.com.
Port 80 is on the target link, but obviously the application can not connect through your firewall.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Edgar:

Try setting these environmental variables before initiating 'ppm':

# export HTTP_proxy=http://proxy:8080

...or whatever port you firewall will allow.

You may also need to do:

# export HTTP_proxy_user=someuser
# export HTTP_proxy_pass=somepassword

Regards!

...JRF...

[Steve Post]

I don't know how long ago you installed ActiveState's version of perl. I use it on windows boxes but not in hpux. For hpux, I got the perl source code and compiled it myself with gcc.

Doing it this way, I don't use ppm at all. I get the perl modules and install them myself.

There is a guy in the forums called Merjin Procura. He has a website that appears dedicated to hpux's versions of perl.


But maybe you like active state's perl. Maybe you want to keep it. Ok. Here's another option.

PPM for my windows-active-state perl doesn't work for me either. I wanted to load a perl library on my pc's perl and could not get it.
I got it work and was smart enough to make notes here they are:

Where are the package repositories?
Default Repositories
http://www.ActiveState.com/cgibin/PPM/ppmserver.plex?urn:/PPMServer ActiveState's PPM 2 repository
http://ppm-ia.ActiveState.com/PPM/ppmserver.plex?urn:/PPM/Server/SQL ActiveState's PPM 3 Repository

Using Zip Files

As an alternate method for installing packages, you can download zip files for the packages that you need from http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/. To use these files:

1. Unzip the package to a temporary directory.
2. Install the package by specifying the ppd file directly:
ppm install c:\tmp\module-name.ppd

Please note that some modules have dependencies that may cause them to fail to install. If you are on an internet-connected machine, you can use the ppm tree command to see what dependencies the package has.

1. http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/. To use these files:
Please select the version of ActivePerl you are using:
* ActivePerl 5xx (e.g. ActivePerl 5_005.522)
* ActivePerl 6xx (e.g. ActivePerl 5.6.1.623)
* ActivePerl 8xx (e.g. ActivePerl 5.8.8.817)
2. I click on the 8xx version.
this sends me to
http:// ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/8xx-builds-only/


There are my notes from 13Jul2007. It looks like some of it was the help text in active-state.

Steve