perl: best way to get a module for windows when you can't just ppm it?

[YaRness]

the module in question is again, Win32::API. i can't use ppm to d/l it from the lab. i've got i guess two resources i could possibly use:

1) the files from the authors PPM directory (http://dada.perl.it/PPM/). can i download some/all of these files, copy them to disk to bring to the lab, and do a ppm install from disk or something?

2) this zip file: http://dada.perl.it/Win32-API-0.20.zip which contains:

API~1 HTM 13,183 10-24-00 3:27p API.html
API PM 14,953 10-24-00 3:26p API.pm
API XS 10,311 10-24-00 3:26p API.xs
MAKEFILE PL 312 10-09-00 9:28a Makefile.PL
MANIFEST 86 10-24-00 3:29p MANIFEST
README 1,373 10-24-00 3:27p README
README TXT 1,373 10-24-00 3:27p README.txt
T <DIR> 12-07-00 1:22p t
TYPEMAP 56 01-31-98 1:08p TYPEMAP


the t directory contains some test perl script

gonna hit the ppm docs/online forums/whatever, but if someone knows a simple answer it'd really help, thanks.

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[TheLinuxDuck]

hey dood.. sorry, I don't have an answer for you..

in fact, I am kinda wondering the same thing.. at least, how do I go about installing the module once I've d/l it. I d/l the GUI module for Win32, and don't have a clue how to include it into activeperl. I guess I just need to actually like read in the activeperl dir and figure it out..

::sigh::

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[YaRness]

dude, if you are connected to the internet, use ppm. ppm is documented in the activeperl docs. you could prolly just do "ppm install Win32::GUI" i think.

as for doing it by hand, i found some info in this usenet thread (on deja.com): http://x73.deja.com/threadmsg_ct.xp?AN=699173261.1&mhitnum=1&CONTEXT=976218278.120848410

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[TheLinuxDuck]

Originally posted by YaRness:
dude, if you are connected to the internet, use ppm. ppm is documented in the activeperl docs. you could prolly just do "ppm install Win32::GUI" i think.

C, that's the thing.. PPM wasn't getting it. It has worked for other modules but not that one.. which is why I just d/led the zip file.

But it's not matter. I installed the tk module and am going to use it instead. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

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