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

I am looking for the modules that provide the SSL functionality for LWP and NET::LDAPS (e.g. Net-SSLeay, IO-Socket-SSL etc.). I have previously been able to install the packages using PPM and the ActiveState repository. Unfortunately, this message makes it clear that Activestate have withdrawn these crypto packages from their ppm server.

I have been able to use an alternate repository (of which there are many) for Win32 builds but I still am still looking for a ppm repository that has a Solaris compatible package. Can anyone help me?

The obvious option is for me to build the package myself from CPAN. Unfortunately I do not have access to a Solaris server on which I can install a compiler (nor indeed would I know what to do with one even if I did!).

Many thanks in advance.

inman

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Re: Finding Net_SSLeay PPM package for Solaris
by vek (Prior) on Nov 05, 2003 at 19:52 UTC

    Unfortunately I do not have access to a Solaris server on which I can install a compiler...

    Are you sure there isn't a compiler there already? Do you have shell access on the box in question? A quick which cc or which gcc should tell you if you have a compiler or not. If you *do*, then just install the module in the usual way.

    perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

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    If you don't have root on that box, then just install in a directory that you have permissions to.

    Perl Makefile.PL LIB=/path-to/your-dir PREFIX=/path-to/your-dir
make
make test
make install

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      A quick which cc or which gcc should tell you if you have a compiler or not. If you *do*, then just install the module in the usual way.
      That won't help if perl is compiled with ROCKO ;) 
      perl -V:cc
cc='ROCKO';

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