Can't Locate Tk.ppd 1

[BradGad]

I'm trying to install the Tk module for the ActiveState binary build 628, running on W2K Professional.

'search Tk' in ppm turns up Tk-widget, Tk-wadget, Tk-wedget, Tk-wudget, etc., etc., but not Tk itself (with or without trailing version numbers).

I've tried downloading a binary from

http://www.perltk.org/binaries/ptk022_5.005.tar.gz,

which WinZip unpacked just fine, and which I believe I positioned correctly within C:\Perl\lib, except it doesn't include a Tk.ppd file.

I've tried 'set rep default

http://www.ActiveState.com/cgibin/PPM/ppmserver.plex?urn:/PPMServer',

which gives me the same package list I got before (lotsa wadgets and wedgets).

In all cases, 'ppm install Tk' or 'ppm install Tk.ppd' returns "Error installing package 'Tk': Could not locate a PPD file for package Tk".

Can someone tell me what totally obvious bonehead thing I'm missing?

Thanks

 

[usige]

Hmmm.... I've haven't used Tk from Active State for a while, but here is the link for AS Tk zip archive:

http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/Tk.zip

Once you unzip it you should be able to do:

ppm install Tk.ppd

from the unzip dir.

This zip does have the ppd in it so hopefully you won't have any issues. Not sure why it's not showing in the repository though.

 

[BradGad]

That got it usige.... thanks a lot!