Install Math::Currency

I want to install a package called Math::Currency, but it isn't found in any
of the repositories I have specified on my system:

C:\blah-blah-blah>ppm rep
Repositories:
[1] ActiveState Package Repository
[2] ActiveState PPM2 Repository
[3] UWINN
[4] CPAN
[5] perlmonks 5.8

C:\blah-blah-blah>ppm search Math::Currency
Searching in Active Repositories
No matches for 'Math::Currency'; see 'help search'.

Where can I locate this package?

TIA,

Phil

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RE: Install Math::Currency

Try going to cpan and downloading it. Then using your local repository.
This should be feasible.

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Subject: Install Math::Currency

I want to install a package called Math::Currency, but it isn't found in
any
of the repositories I have specified on my system:

C:\blah-blah-blah>ppm rep
Repositories:
[1] ActiveState Package Repository
[2] ActiveState PPM2 Repository
[3] UWINN
[4] CPAN
[5] perlmonks 5.8

C:\blah-blah-blah>ppm search Math::Currency
Searching in Active Repositories
No matches for 'Math::Currency'; see 'help search'.

Where can I locate this package?

TIA,

Phil

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RE: Install Math::Currency

Thanks Joshua for your suggestion and to Bill Luebkert for his similar
suggestion (email'd directly to me).

When I click the DOWNLOAD link on CPAN I get a "not authorized" message.

Bill's suggestion was similar, except he provided a specific url to
download, and that one downloaded OK. I have a feeling it's the same path I
would have gone to by clicking the SOURCE link from the CPAN search page
instead of the DOWNLOAD link. Sorry if I misinterpreted yours, Joshua.

I created a new directory called C:\Perl\PPM Repository, downloaded the
source from
http://search.cpan.org/src/JPEACOCK/Math-Currency-0.44/lib/M ath/Currency.pm,
and ran the ppm install command.

C:\blah-blah-blah\Perl>ppm rep
Repositories:
[1] LOCAL
[2] ActiveState Package Repository
[3] ActiveState PPM2 Repository
[4] UWINN
[5] CPAN
[6] perlmonks 5.8

C:\blah-blah-blah\Perl>ppm rep desc LOCAL
Describing Active Repository 1:
Name: LOCAL
Location: C:\Perl\PPM Repository
Type: Local directory

C:\blah-blah-blah\Perl>ppm install Math::Currency <====================
Searching for 'Math::Currency' returned no results. Try a broader search
first.

The file I downloaded is called Currency.pm. No mention of the Math
qualifier, at least not in the filename. Also, the ppm doc is relatively
copious, but the author does not explain some of the terms he uses. He
mentions that "...You can specify a full URL to a PPD file [I don't know
what that is]; the URL may point to a PPD file on your computer...". The
file that I downloaded is called 'Currency.pm'.

Do I have to do something to turn Currency.pm into a PPD file? Do I have to
do something to qualify it such that ppm knows it's Math-Currency?

TIA,

Phil

Directory of C:\Perl\PPM Repository <============================

04/03/2007 04:03 PM

RE: Install Math::Currency

On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Phil Richcreek wrote:

> Do I have to do something to turn Currency.pm into a PPD file? Do I have to
> do something to qualify it such that ppm knows it's Math-Currency?

From
http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/~jpeacock/Math-Currency
there is a repository (trouchelle.com) which carries
this as a ppm package - that's probably the easiest
route.

For installing packages for which there isn't a
ppm package available,
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePerl/5.8/faq/Act ivePerl-faq2.html
has some good info on creating PPM packages and using
the CPAN.pm shell.

--
best regards,
Randy Kobes
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RE: Install Math::Currency

You guys should let go of your dependence on ppm. Just use CPAN!

perl -MCPAN -e"install Math::Currency"

However, when I tried, the module failed a bunch of its own tests...


- - Martin
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