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Using ActiveState Perl 5.14.2 (64bit)

Downloaded Crypt::OpenSSL::Random version 0.06

Installed OpenSSL 1.0.1i (prebuilt binaries, win64)

Define INCLUDE and LIB to have the OpenSSL in the path:

echo %LIB%
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\ATLMFC\LIB\amd64;C:\Pr
+ogram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\LIB\amd64;C:\Program Files
+\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\x64;C:\OpenSSL-Win64;C:\OpenSSL-Win
+64\lib;C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin

echo %INCLUDE%
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\ATLMFC\INCLUDE;C:\Prog
+ram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\INCLUDE;C:\Program Files\Mic
+rosoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include;C:\OpenSSL-Win64\include

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first clue that something is wrong is: 
perl Makefile.PL
-lssl -lcrypto not found. Need to install the openssl devel packages.
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lssl
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lcrypto
Note (probably harmless): No library found for bufferoverflowU.lib
Writing Makefile for Crypt::OpenSSL::Random
Writing MYMETA.yml

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Looking through the OpenSSL installation, I have ssleay32.lib and libssl32.dll and ssleay32.dll.

Trying to compile (nmake) gives the errors: 
Random.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol RAND_status
Random.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol RAND_egd
Random.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol RAND_seed
Random.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol RAND_bytes

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Any help is greatly appreciated!

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Re: Crypt::OpenSSL::Random on Win32 with ActiveState
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Sep 09, 2014 at 02:16 UTC
    Hi,
    Assuming ssleay32.lib is located in one of the directories specified in %LIB% (and assuming it can resolve the missing symbols), your only problem is that the Crypt::OpenSSL::Random Makefile.PL does not look for an import library named ssleay32.lib.
    Alternatively to the approach already suggested by Anonymous Monk, creating a copy of ssleay32.lib named ssl.lib (in any of the folders specified in %LIB%) should fix that.
    Or, in the Makefile.PL you could replace both occurrences of-lssl -lcrypto with -lssleay32 -lssl -lcrypto

    Cheers,
    Rob
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      Thanks for the hints Rob and "Anonymous Monk". Using a combination of both, I was able to get it to work.

      I ended up doing:

      1. Install OpenSSL pre-built binaries for Win64
      2. In the OpenSSL Install directory:
        3. copy <ossldir>/libeay32.dll <ossldir>/ssl.dll
copy <ossldir>/bin/libeay32.dll <ossldir>/bin/ssl.dll
copy <ossldir>/lib/libeay32.lib <ossldir>/bin/ssl.lib

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      3. In the Crypt-OpenSSL-Random-0.06 directory run:
        4. perl Makefile.PL LIBDIR="<ossldir>/lib" INCDIR="<ossldir>/include"

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      4. ignore these messages, they seem bogus:
        5. -lssl -lcrypto not found. Need to install the openssl devel packages.
'INCDIR' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name.
'LIBDIR' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name.

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      5. Build, test and install:
        6. nmake
nmake test
nmake install

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Re: Crypt::OpenSSL::Random on Win32 with ActiveState
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 09, 2014 at 00:41 UTC
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