ppm> rep describe 1
Describing Active Repository 1:
    Name: ActiveState PPM2 Repository
Location: http://ppm.ActiveState.com/cgibin/PPM/ppmserver-5.8-windows.pl?urn:/PPMServer
    Type: PPMServer 2.0
ppm> rep describe 2
Describing Active Repository 2:
    Name: ActiveState Package Repository
Location: http://ppm-ia.ActiveState.com/PPM/ppmserver-5.8-windows.plex?urn:/PPM/Server/SQL
    Type: PPMServer 3.0
ppm> rep describe 3
Describing Active Repository 3:
    Name: Apache.Org
Location: http://perl.apache.org/dist/win32-bin/ppms
    Type: Webpage
ppm> rep describe 4
Describing Active Repository 4:
    Name: crazy58
Location: http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/5.8
    Type: Webpage
ppm> rep describe 5
Describing Active Repository 5:
    Name: datetime
Location: http://datetime.perl.org/download
    Type: Webpage
ppm> rep describe 6
Describing Active Repository 6:
    Name: perlxml
Location: http://www.perlxml.net/PPM
    Type: Webpage

ppm> search ssl
Searching in Active Repositories
   ...
   8. Crypt-SSLeay         [0.51]
   9. IO-Socket-SSL        [0.94] Nearly transparent SSL encapsulation for IO::Socket::INET.
  10. Net_SSLeay.pm        [1.23] Perl extension for using OpenSSL or SSLeay
...
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