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in reply to Installing new Perl Modules

If you have an old version of ActivePerl installed, then the only way to get access to ActiveState's PPM repository will be to purchase support from them. Depending on your situation, that support price tag might not be an appealing option.

Here's a few other options that might work:

Another idea is to check out a newer version of ActivePerl. A few months ago, ActiveState announced their intention to move away from their custom package managers for the language distributions (such as PPM for ActivePerl). (Read here for more details.)