{"id":44,"date":"2019-06-30T08:41:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T08:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openapex.org\/spaces\/software\/?p=44"},"modified":"2022-01-25T14:52:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T09:22:24","slug":"could-not-locate-a-ppd-file-for-package-xyz-while-installing-a-perl-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/software\/could-not-locate-a-ppd-file-for-package-xyz-while-installing-a-perl-package.html","title":{"rendered":"Could not locate a PPD file for package XYZ while installing a Perl package"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While installing a Perl package are you getting an error like &#8216;Could not locate a PPD file for package XYZ&#8217;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"shell\" data-enlighter-theme=\"atomic\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">ppm install Text-Template\n\nInstalling package 'Text-Template'...\nError installing package 'Text-Template': Could not locate a PPD file for package Text-Template<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve this problem use <strong>cpan <\/strong>instead of <strong>ppm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"shell\" data-enlighter-theme=\"atomic\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">cpan\ncpan> install Text-Template\n\nWarning: Cannot install Text-Template, don't know what it is.\nTry the command\n\n    i \/Text-Template\/\n\nto find objects with matching identifiers.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>If the package is known, you can directly execute the install command otherwise, first search the package and then install.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"shell\" data-enlighter-theme=\"atomic\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">cpan> i \/Text-Template\/\n\nDistribution    ADDW\/Text-TemplateFill-1.7.tar.gz\nDistribution    BKATZUNG\/Text-TemplateLite-0.01.tar.gz\nDistribution    BKATZUNG\/Text-TemplateLite-Standard-0.03.tar.gz\nDistribution    BURAK\/Text-Template-Simple-0.91.tar.gz\nDistribution    DJERIUS\/Text-Template-LocalVars-0.04.tar.gz\nDistribution    MSCHOUT\/Text-Template-1.55.tar.gz\nDistribution    NKH\/Module-Text-Template-Build-0.05.10.tar.gz\nDistribution    OPI\/Text-Template-Library-0.04.tar.gz\nDistribution    RJBS\/Catalyst-View-Text-Template-0.011.tar.gz\nDistribution    RJBS\/Email-MIME-Kit-Renderer-Text-Template-1.101302.tar.gz\nDistribution    TATE\/Text-Template-Compact-0.1.12.tar.gz\nDistribution    ZGH\/Text-Template-Inline-0.13.tar.gz\n12 items found\n\ncpan> install MSCHOUT\/Text-Template-1.55.tar.gz\ncpan> install UUID\n\nUUID is up to date (0.28).<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While installing a Perl package are you getting an error like &#8216;Could not locate a PPD file for package XYZ&#8217;? 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