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How to Install a Module under ActiveState Perl

Invoke the program "ppm" from the command line and issue the command "install " 〈module name〉.

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Install XML::Dumper under ActiveState Perl

C:\Windows\Desktop>ppm 
PPM interactive shell (2.1.5) - type 'help' for available commands. 
PPM> install XML::Dumper 
Install package 'XML-Dumper?' (y/N): y 
Installing package 'XML-Dumper'... 
Bytes transferred: 3883 
Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\XML\Dumper.html 
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\XML\Dumper.pm 
Writing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\XML\Dumper\.packlist 
PPM> exit 
Quit!