$ cpan cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v2.20) Enter 'h' for help. cpan[1]> look Net::SSLeay Database was generated on Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:17:03 GMT Running look for module 'Net::SSLeay' Trying to open a subshell in the build directory... Checksum for /home/cavac/.cpan/sources/authors/id/M/MI/MIKEM/Net-SSLeay-1.85.tar.gz ok Working directory is /home/cavac/.cpan/build/Net-SSLeay-1.85-2 cavac@cables:~/.cpan/build/Net-SSLeay-1.85-2$ OPENSSL_PREFIX=/home/cavac/bin/openssl perl Makefile.PL /home/cavac/bin/openssl/bin/openssl: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.1: version `OPENSSL_1_1_1' not found (required by /home/cavac/bin/openssl/bin/openssl) /home/cavac/bin/openssl/bin/openssl: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.1: version `OPENSSL_1_1_1' not found (required by /home/cavac/bin/openssl/bin/openssl) *** OpenSSL version test failed (`' has been returned) Either you have bogus OpenSSL or a new version has changed the version number format. Please inform the authors!