in reply to DB_File on Windows
For me this works:
1) download DB_File.zip from http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only
2) unzip the archive in a directory
from the DOS prompt:
3) cd in this directory
4) write:
ppm install --location=. db_file
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