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- <P><B>PPM and Proxies</B></P>
- <P>If you use a proxy server or firewall, you might have trouble running PPM. Here is the
- solution.</P>
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- <P><B><I>NOTE</I></B>: If none of the changes in this document work for you, you may
- download individual packages from <A href="http://www.activestate.com/packages/zips">here</A>
- and install them according to the directions in the README file contained within the ZIP
- file. If you want, you can also keep a local repository, with several .ppd files in a
- permanent repository directory, and their .tar.gz files in an <I>x86</I> directory beneath
- that.</P>
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- <P><B>Set Environment Vars</B></P>
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- <P>Up to three environment variables need to be set.</P>
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- <P><STRONG>Under Windows NT<BR>
- </STRONG>Right click on "My Computer", click on "properties", select the
- "environment" tab. These are your environment settings. Make the following
- changes:<BR>
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- <LI>Add the setting HTTP_proxy, with your proxy name as the value (<EM><STRONG>you must
- include "http://" </STRONG></EM>), followed by a colon and the proxy port, if
- applicable; e.g., "http://proxy:8080"</LI>
- <LI>If you require a user name and/or password to access your proxy, add the settings
- HTTP_proxy_user and HTTP_proxy_pass, with your user name and password as the respective
- values</LI>
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- <P><STRONG>Under Windows 95<BR>
- </STRONG>In your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, place the following lines then reboot so the changes can
- take effect:</P>
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- <LI>SET HTTP_proxy=<your proxy server (<STRONG><EM>you must include "http://"
- </EM></STRONG>>, followed by a colon and the proxy port, if applicable; e.g., SET
- HTTP_proxy=http://proxy:8080</LI>
- <LI>SET HTTP_proxy_user=<your user name> (if required)</LI>
- <LI>SET HTTP_proxy_pass=<your password> (if required)<BR>
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- <P><B>Try using PPM</B></P>
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- <P>With your internet connection active, try using PPM again. Try to install a small
- package, like File-Slurp. You'll know that it still fails if you see an error stating that
- it can't find a ppd file for the specified package.
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- <P><B>Further Information and Help</B></P>
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- <P>If there were problems with any of the above hints, please see <A href="../readme.html#More_Info">here</A>
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