This is version 2.1.6 of the Perl Package Manager, PPM. See the POD contained in bin/ppm.pl for information on how to use the PPM client. See the POD contained in lib/PPM.pm for information on how to use the PPM library to write an alternative client. Warning: This version of PPM may not be *entirely* usable, in its current form, outside of ActiveState's ActivePerl distributions (i.e., the only distributions I use PPM on). Any patches (particularly documentation and setup) that make it a more generally useful tool will be gratefully accepted. Murray Nesbitt