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Hi,
Please help me!!
Im wondering if anyone can help me with a problem i have with some perl modules.
My problem is:
I'm trying to connect remote host to a unix box from a windows machine. So i'm developing an application to do this.
I'm programming it in perl with tcl/tk Gui interface.
I'm having some trouble with the modules. Firstly i realize there are 2 ways to connect to the unix box. SSH1 and SSH2. I'm having trouble connecting both ways.
For a SSH1 connection i need to install the module Math-GMP?
And for SSH2 connection i need to install the module Math-Pari?
When i try to connect with SSH1, i get the error:
Can't locate Math/GMP.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
And with SSH2 i get:
Can't locate Math/Pari.pm
For SSH2, i downloaded the pari-2.3.4.tar.gz, extracted to C:\
Then in Math-Pari, within the Makefile.pl i pointed to
$paridir = "c:/pari-2.1.7";
But i still get an error here. The SSH2 way of connecting seems overcomplicated.
So i went back to SSH1, but i cannot find the location of GMP that works with SSH1.
I went to a website gmplib.org
and i downloaded gmp-4.2.4.tar.bz2, But i don't know how to install this on windows. I don't think i can.
ppm will not work for me. I'm using Perl Version : v5.10.0
So as you can see, i'm stuck, can anyone please assist me on what i should do next.
Thank you,
Philip

Why doesn't PPM work for you (I assume you mean the manager shipped with ActivePerl)? And why don't you try Net::SSH or Net::SSH::Perl?

When i start ppm in dos, it takes a while before i have control over it as it Synchronizing with the database. I only see the packages i have in my list. i get the following error.

Code:

 Synchronizing Database ...
  Downloading ActiveState Package Repository packlist ... failed 500 Can't connect to ppm4.activestate.com:80 (connect: timeout)

I'm then not able to install any packages. I also have my firewall turned off.

I have downloaded NET::SSH and NET::SSH::PERL,
and installed them using nmake in windows.
But they require to have the pari installed or gmp installed.
SSH1 uses the following NET::SSH:PERL:SSH1
I have also tried that.

Additionally,
ppm seems to only have the packages i have installed, i don't know if this is true. I only think so because it does not allow me to install any of the packages in its list.

That's strange. Might there be something else blocking access to the site (company firewall/proxy maybe)?
PPM usually starts with the list of installed modules. To change to a list of all modules, press Ctrl+1 or the leftmost button on the bar or go via the menu View->All Packages. If that still doesn't work, you could try installing the modules via the CPAN.pm module, which takes care of dependencies and correct installation paths.

Code:

C:\Perl\> perl -MCPAN -e shell

hmm, well, its not the firewall, because i turned it off, but i do think its a proxy.
I've also tried with CPAN.pm in Dos, but again this has connection problems, it just hangs as it tries to fetch results.
How can i allow Dos to accept the proxy im using....

You can configure PPM for proxies, see the help files.

Ok guys, Thanks for your help, ppm seems to be working now, will check more out tomorrow. pludi thanks alot for your help, and Kevin too.