--how can i get past this and install this module?

my openssl is installed

openssl version
OpenSSL 0.9.7g 11 Apr 2005

which openssl
/usr/bin/openssl
--when i pass this to cpan i still get the same error above. i've also tried passing '/usr/bin' to cpan. same error.

i've also tried installing the development environment libssl-dev. it did not make a different and i still get the same error

Examine Makefile.PL, you'll see this

# See lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm for details of how to influence
# the contents of the Makefile that is written.
my %configParams = (
    NAME    => 'Net::SSLeay',
    VERSION_FROM => 'SSLeay.pm', # finds $VERSION
    DIR         => [ 'Net-SSLeay-Handle-0.50' ],
    DEFINE      => '-DPERL5 -DOPENSSL_NO_KRB5',   # perl-5.8/gcc-3.2 n
+eeds first, RH9 latter
    DISTNAME    => 'Net_SSLeay.pm',
    dist        => { COMPRESS => 'gzip', SUFFIX => 'gz', },
    LIBS    => ["-L$openssl_path -L$openssl_path/lib -L$openssl_path/o
+ut32dll $libs"],
    INC     => "-I$openssl_path/include -I$openssl_path/inc32 -I/usr/k
+erberos/include",
    OPTIMIZE    => $optimize,
# Uncomment (and edit) following for debugging with gdb
#    LIBS    => ['-L/usr/src/openssl-0.9.3a -lssl -lcrypto'],
#    INC    => '-I/usr/src/openssl-0.9.3a/include',
#    OPTIMIZE   => '-g',
          %more_params,
);

WriteMakefile(%configParams);

# See lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm for details of how to influence
# the contents of the Makefile that is written.
#WriteMakefile(
#    'NAME'       => 'Net::SSLeay::Handle',
#    'VERSION_FROM' => 'Handle.pm', # finds $VERSION
#);
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You want to focus on INC/LIBS,

    LIBS    => ["-L$openssl_path -L$openssl_path/lib -L$openssl_path/o
+ut32dll $libs"],
    INC     => "-I$openssl_path/include -I$openssl_path/inc32 -I/usr/k
+erberos/include",
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$openssl_path is the path you're supposed to pass, and its supposed to contain $libs

$libs = $rsaref ? "-lssl -lcrypto -lRSAglue -lrsaref" : "-lssl -lcrypt
+o";
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What this means is that "ssl.$Config{dlext}", "crypto.$Config{dlext}" (%Config from use Config;) are supposed to be located somewher in $openssl_path, $openssl_path/lib, $openssl_path/out32dll, because thats where the compiler/linker are going to look (perl -V:cc -V:ld).

Feel free to edit the Makefile.PL LIBS/INC entries appropriately.

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"

I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).

** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

while (1) {
    $exe_path = "$openssl_path/bin/openssl";
    last if -x $exe_path;
    $exe_path = "$openssl_path/bin/openssl.exe";
    last if -x $exe_path;
    $exe_path = "$openssl_path/sbin/openssl";
    last if -x $exe_path;
    $exe_path = "$openssl_path/out32dll/openssl.exe";
    last if -x $exe_path;

    print "I could not find your OpenSSL in `$openssl_path'\n";
    print "Please provide OpenSSL-$openssl_vers or\n"
    . "OpenSSL-$openssl_vers2 installation directory (get from\n"
    ." http://www.openssl.org/ if you don't have it; please note that\
+n"
        ." SSLeay is no longer supported, see README) (C-c to abort):\
+n";
    $openssl_path = <STDIN>;
    chomp $openssl_path;
}
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