Hi Jonathan, Your email turned me on to reCAPTCHA, which is just such a great concept! I want to note for the list that I did try to "install Captcha::reCAPTCHA" on a server and there was no problem. So, it *is* possible ;-) Best of luck with your quest, David. 2008/6/30 Joe Hourcle <[log in to unmask]>: > On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > > Has anyone succesfully installed the cpan module CAPTCHA::Recaptcha for >> using the Recaptcha service from Perl? >> >> It seems to list as a dependency a module that no longer exists? Or else >> that's the only reason I can figure out that no matter what cpan module I >> choose, it complains: >> >> Could not fetch authors/id/T/TJ/TJMATHER/XML-DOM-1.43.tar.gz >> Giving up on... >> >> And then fails. Anyone managed to do this, or have any other advice for >> using Recaptcha from perl? >> > > It looks like the current version of XML::DOM in CPAN is 1.44. You can try > forcing it to download a different version with the following from the cpan > prompt: > > get TJMATHER/XML-DOM-1.43.tar > > (make / test / install should all work, using the longer name) > > Otherwise, I'd try updating your CPAN mirror, and see if it's just that > you're using one that isn't being maintained. > > ... if that still fails, try posting to perlmonks: > > http://perlmonks.org/ > > -Joe > -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology http://library.wit.ie/ T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212