This is version 2.1.3 of the Perl Package Manager, PPM. See the POD contained in bin/ppm.pl for information on how to use the PPM client. See the POD contained in lib/PPM.pm for information on how to use the PPM library to write an alternative client. Warning: This version of PPM may not be entirely usable, in its current form, outside of ActiveState ActivePerl Perl distributions. Any patches (particularly documentation and setup) that make it a more generally useful tool will be gratefully accepted. Quick Start: o run 'perl Makefile.PL' o run 'make install' o Edit ppm.xml, changing %OSNAME% => set to the output of 'perl -V:osname' %OSVERSION% => 'x,x,x,x' (e.g. '2,7,0,0' for Solaris 2.7) %TEMP% => set to your TEMP environment variable %SITELIB% => set to the output of 'perl -V:sitelib' %PERLDIR% => set to the output of 'perl -V:prefix' o Copy ppm.xml to your Perl sitelib directory. Needless to say, this could all be fairly easily added to Makefile.PL--again, patches are welcome! Murray Nesbitt