Dependencies of perl Modules

prathap keerthipati has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Dependencies of perl Modules by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 10, 2017 at 07:54 UTC
Most modules speaking TLS will need OpenSSL (Net::SSLeay or IO::Socket::SSL, which in turn uses Net::SSLeay again). HTTP connections do not use TLS, but HTTPS is HTTP over TLS and will need a module that speaks TLS, like IO::Socket::SSL. When you install Perl modules through your OS package manager all libraries will be installed. If you install Perl modules through one of the Perl package tools like `cpan` or `cpanm`, you will need to separately install the OpenSSL parts through your OS package manager.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Dependencies of perl Modules by prathap keerthipati (Novice) on Apr 11, 2017 at 06:00 UTC
Where to install the openSSL? And after installation how the perl will know about this OpenSSl	[reply]
Re^3: Dependencies of perl Modules by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 11, 2017 at 06:45 UTC
Let your OS package manager worry about where to install openssl. The perl module will look for openssl and you can specify a path if you rolled your own into a non standard location. Did you read the module documentation?	[reply]