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@@ -24,15 +24,13 @@
a 'make' utility. The <command>nmake</command> utility provided with
Microsoft Visual C++ may be used. As an alternative, there is a
utility called <command>dmake</command> available from CPAN which is
- written entirely in Perl. The majority of the links given below, however,
- are to pre-compiled versions of the modules, which can be installed
- on Windows simply by issuing the following command once you have
- downloaded the PPD file (which may be packaged within a ZIP file):
+ written entirely in Perl.
</para>
<para>
- <screen>
- <prompt>&gt;</prompt> ppm install &lt;filename.ppd&gt;
- </screen>
+ As described in <xref linkend="modules-manual-download" />, however, most
+ packages already exist and are available from ActiveState or theory58S.
+ We highly recommend that you install them using the ppm GUI available with
+ ActiveState and to add the theory58S repository to your list of repositories.
</para>
</note>
</section>
@@ -43,9 +41,11 @@
<note>
<para>
Running Bugzilla on Windows requires the use of ActiveState
- Perl 5.8.1 or higher. Some modules already exist in the core
- distribution of ActiveState Perl so no PPM link is given.
- (This is noted where it occurs.)
+ Perl 5.8.1 or higher. Many modules already exist in the core
+ distribution of ActiveState Perl. Additional modules can be downloaded
+ from <ulink url="http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/" /> if you use
+ Perl 5.8.x or from <ulink url="http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/10xx/" />
+ if you use Perl 5.10.x.
</para>
</note>
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
CGI:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/CGI.pm/"/>
- PPM Download Link: Part of core distribution.
Documentation: <ulink url="http://perldoc.perl.org/CGI.html"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@
Data-Dumper:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Data-Dumper/"/>
- PPM Download Page: Part of core distribution.
Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Data-Dumper/Dumper.pm"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@
Date::Format (part of TimeDate):
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/TimeDate/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/TimeDate.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/TimeDate/lib/Date/Format.pm"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -80,7 +77,6 @@
DBI:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBI/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/DBI.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://dbi.perl.org/docs/"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -89,7 +85,6 @@
DBD::mysql:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-mysql/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/DBD-mysql.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-mysql/lib/DBD/mysql.pm"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -98,7 +93,6 @@
DBD::Pg:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-Pg/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/x86/DBD-Pg.tar.gz"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-Pg/Pg.pm"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -107,7 +101,6 @@
File::Spec:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-Spec/"/>
- PPM Download Page: Part of core distribution.
Documentation: <ulink url="http://perldoc.perl.org/File/Spec.html"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -116,7 +109,6 @@
Template-Toolkit:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Template-Toolkit/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/Template-Toolkit.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://www.template-toolkit.org/docs.html"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -125,7 +117,6 @@
GD:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/GD/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/GD.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/GD/GD.pm"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -134,7 +125,6 @@
Template::Plugin::GD:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Template-GD/" />
- PPM Download Link: (Just install Template-Toolkit using the instructions below)
Documentation: <ulink url="http://www.template-toolkit.org/docs/aqua/Modules/index.html" />
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -143,7 +133,6 @@
MIME::Parser (part of MIME-tools):
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/MIME-tools/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/8xx-builds-only/Windows/MIME-tools-5.411a.zip"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/MIME-tools/lib/MIME/Parser.pm"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -157,7 +146,6 @@
Chart::Base:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Chart/"/>
- PPM Download Page: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/Chart.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Chart/Chart.pod"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -166,7 +154,6 @@
GD::Graph:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDGraph/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/GDGraph.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDGraph/Graph.pm"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -175,7 +162,6 @@
GD::Text::Align (part of GD::Text::Util):
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDTextUtil/"/>
- PPM Download Page: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/GDTextUtil.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDTextUtil/Text/Align.pm"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -184,7 +170,6 @@
XML::Twig:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/XML-Twig/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/8xx-builds-only/Windows/XML-Twig-3.22.zip"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://standards.ieee.org/resources/spasystem/twig/twig_stable.html"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -193,7 +178,6 @@
PatchReader:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/author/JKEISER/PatchReader/"/>
- PPM Download Link: <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/PatchReader.ppd"/>
Documentation: <ulink url="http://www.johnkeiser.com/mozilla/Patch_Viewer.html"/>
</literallayout>
</para>
@@ -202,7 +186,6 @@
Image::Magick:
<literallayout>
CPAN Download Page: <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/PerlMagick/"/>
- PPM Download Link: Included in Windows binary package.
Documentation: <ulink url="http://www.imagemagick.org/script/resources.php"/>
</literallayout>
</para>