[pm-h] Error 401 Authorization Required

[John Ellyson]

Fraser,

Can you share the following information?
  - What distribution of Perl are you using?  (ActivePerl, Strawberry Perl,
etc.)
  - What version of Perl are you using?  (5.12, 5.14, etc.)
  - Are you using 32-bit or 64-bit Perl?  (I'm assuming 32-bit due to
Windows XP.)
  - What module are you trying to install?
  - Which PPM repository are you trying to install from?

Without the above information, others have to make a lot of guesses and
assumptions to try to figure out how to offer any assistance.

Based on the very limited informaiton that you shared, here's my guesses on
what could be the situation.

Guess 1:  You're behind an HTTP (and/or FTP) proxy that requires
authentication.
Solution:  You can update the PPM utility to store this information.  Look
at the documentation on PPM's configuration for information on how to do
this.

Guess 2:  You're using an old version of free ActivePerl and trying to
install a module from ActiveState's repository.
Solution:  You may need to upgrade to a newer version of ActivePerl.  I
know that ActiveState only provides access to the newer versions and builds
of free ActivePerl on their site.  Those who have paid for support for
their business edition of ActivePerl have access to older versions and
builds of ActivePerl.  I'm wondering if it's possible that you're using an
old version of ActivePerl and ActiveState is no longer providing free
access to their repository for that version of ActivePerl.

Guess 3:  You're trying to install a module from a repository that might
have issues at the moment.
Solution:  Try contacting the repository maintainer for assistance.  Within
the past month or two, I remember seeing someone post on PerlMonks.org that
the Bribes repository was no longer accessible and then a few weeks later
someone else reported that it was accessible again.

Hopefully some of this information helps out.

Also, if you are using a version of free ActivePerl, you may want to also
check with the user forums on ActiveState.  That's the official "support"
for the free edition of ActivePerl.

John Ellyson

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Fraser Baker <flbaker at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> **
> Hi Y'all:
>
> All of a sudden, PPM is refusing to download a package, returning a 401
> error saying that Authorization is required. I googled this and can't
> figure out why this is happening. I have tested this now on three machines
> and all do the same. I have run PPM as administrator with no difference.
> Using XP.
>
> Fraser
>
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