title: ActivePerl and PPM
body: <p>I have installed ActivePerl 5.14.2 on a Windows 32 bit machine running XP. My problem is that I'm trying to install a few modules with PPM and it's not working out.</p>
  
  <p>According to ActiveState's website, all you need to do to install a module from their repository is "<code>ppm install module name</code>" , example: <code>http://code.activestate.com/ppm/Template-Toolkit/</code></p>
  
  <p>Every time I try this or any other module I get: "<code>No Perl script found in input</code>"</p>
  
  <p>Even when I do just "<code>ppm</code>" I get the same message, even though the GUI should run.</p>
  
  <p>When I run PPM with a GUI from the start menu I get this error: "<code>Failed 500 Can't connect to ppm4.activestate.com:8080 (connect: timeout)</code>”</p>
  
  <p>I though that it might be my connection, so using <code>cmd.exe</code> I used the set <code>HTTP_PROXY</code> command and then tried <code>ppm install</code>, but still no luck. So is there any way I can get these modules installed?</p>
  
  <p>Any advice is appreciated !!</p>