trouchelle.com

This repository contains^*:

• 16280 precompiled PPM packages for ActiveState Perl 5.8/Win32.
• 14215 precompiled PPM packages for ActiveState Perl 5.10/Win32.

You can use this repository by running:

• ppm rep add trouchelle.com http://trouchelle.com/ppm/
  – for builds 817 and below (Perl 5.8 with PPM3)
• ppm rep add trouchelle.com http://trouchelle.com/ppm/
  – for builds 820 and above (Perl 5.8 with PPM4)
• ppm rep add trouchelle.com http://trouchelle.com/ppm10/
  – for builds 1000 and above (Perl 5.10 with PPM4)

Builds 818 and 819 are not supported. Consider upgrading to recent version.

If you want to install certain module (for example, FindBin::Real), you can provide PPD URL to ppm by running:

• ppm install http://trouchelle.com/ppm/FindBin-Real.ppd (Perl 5.8)
• ppm install http://trouchelle.com/ppm10/FindBin-Real.ppd (Perl 5.10)

Repository is updated on regular basis, and summary files are updated daily. PPM::Make by Randy Kobes is used to build modules. HTML::Template::Compiled by Tina Muller is used for web pages.

Other repositories and PPM4

Starting from 2007-05-29, packages with the same or lower version that exist in University of Winnipeg repository for Perl 5.8 and Perl 5.10 are no longer listed in package.xml. Please add http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/ (for Perl 5.8) or http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/10xx/ (for Perl 5.10) to list of your repositories to get these modules with PPM4.

Unstable modules repository

Starting from 2008-05-26, special "unstable" repositories are maintained. They contain modules that fail or hang during "make test" stage. Use this with VERY caution because failing modules may as well fail or hang in production. Meanwhile, there are only "failing" versions of some modules exist at all. Also, don't hesitate to ask module author about fixing problems.

You can add these repositories to PPM by running following commands:

• ppm rep add trouchelle.com-UNSTABLE http://trouchelle.com/ppm/unstable/
  – for builds 817 and below (Perl 5.8 with PPM3)
• ppm rep add trouchelle.com-UNSTABLE http://trouchelle.com/ppm/unstable/
  – for builds 820 and above (Perl 5.8 with PPM4)
• ppm rep add trouchelle.com-UNSTABLE http://trouchelle.com/ppm10/unstable/
  – for builds 1000 and above (Perl 5.10 with PPM4)

If you want to install certain module (for example, DBD::Oracle) without adding new repository (a smart thing indeed!), you can provide PPD URL to ppm by running:

• ppm install http://trouchelle.com/ppm10/unstable/DBD-Oracle.ppd (Perl 5.10)

And don't forget: you have been warned!

Missing DLLs issue

Many packages require additional DLL files to run. Because module building is automatic, some packages lack of installation scripts to get necessary DLL files. You can download missed DLLs from here and place them in your perl/bin directory.

Please feel free to send e-mail with module name and required DLL name, so I can update ppd with installation script.

Repository statistics

Perl 5.8 repository

Index updated: 2010-03-10 00:27:58

Modules with status^*:
14108 OK: Built successully, can be installed
2172 WARN: Built with warnings, can be installed though
507 NEW: Not yet built, cannot be installed
4380 FAIL: Not built due to errors, cannot be installed
77 N/A: Cannot be built because of uselessness or incompatibility, cannot be installed
3216 UNSTABLE: Failed test cases, can be installed from unstable repository only

Perl 5.10 repository

Index updated: 2010-03-09 19:13:14

Modules with status^*:
11687 OK: Built successully, can be installed
2528 WARN: Built with warnings, can be installed though
593 NEW: Not yet built, cannot be installed
9972 FAIL: Not built due to errors, cannot be installed
57 N/A: Cannot be built because of uselessness or incompatibility, cannot be installed
2662 UNSTABLE: Failed test cases, can be installed from unstable repository only

^*Statistics are updated daily

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Perl 5.10: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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