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http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/

This area contains prebuilt ppm packages for Win32. This particular directory contains packages for ActivePerl builds 6xx, based on perl-5.6; if you are looking for packages for ActivePerl builds 8xx, based on perl-5.8, see http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/.
where package.ppd is the name of the package listed below (with a .ppd extension added). Alternatively, you can add repositories to the ppm utility (see the help facility within the ppm shell for the syntax of how to do so); doing this allows you to search for and install packages within the ppm shell using the syntax: ...

Perl という言語を普段から使っていて、ここまでドキュメントが読めない(苦手意識から、読むことを拒否していた)というのは死に値するんじゃないかと思いました。