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

This has certainly been asked before, and it will undoubtedly be asked again. Maybe it should be in the Q&A. However, none of the answers I have been able to find have borne fruit.

I need to be able to access https:// URLs from LWP, using ActiveState perl on a Win32 box. http://ppm.activestate.com/BuildStatus/5.8-C.html suggests that Crypt-SSLeay is available, but ppm search ssl doesn't find anything of the kind.

Searching here at PM, I found a suggestion for another repository that just brought up a blank page for me.

Somebody toss me a clue. I'm fresh out.

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Re: Crypt::SSLeay (or the like)
by jdtoronto (Prior) on Nov 07, 2003 at 20:15 UTC
    The basic problem has to do with licensing for Crypto software. ActiveState have removed all the Crypto:: modules from the repository, and the alternative repositiry you cited is also in Canada, maybe they have had to remove them as well.

    I am not sure of the exact problem. In the meantime try HERE I think crazyinsomniac has it in his repository.

    jdtoronto

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      Many thanks, JD. After pondering the page for a bit, I gained some enlightenment about PPM repository usage, and was able to install Crypt::SSLeay from the Winnipeg repository.

      And after repairing the damage I did in shooting myself in the foot (installing wrong version of Crypt libraries by hand), it looks like it works! Huzzah!

      For any who might want to do the same thing, with ActivePerl 5.8 (ppm under 5.6 has a different command for adding a repository, and you would need to use Crazyinsomniac's, instead of Winnipeg): 

      ppm
rep add Winnie http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/cgi-bin/ppmserver?urn:/PPM
+Server58
search crypt-ssleay
install 1

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      That ought to do it. The number 1 is probably right, it depends on whether the search came back with other hits (like if you reference Crazyisomniac's repository).
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[d/l]
        Ah yes! I recall that now, I didn't look to see if the module was at Winnipeg. I have different machines here with 5.6, 5.8.0 and 5.8.1 and I have stumped myself witht e different parameter structures on a couple of ocassions.

        Glad you found what you need!

        jdtoronto

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Re: Crypt::SSLeay (or the like)
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 08, 2003 at 02:07 UTC
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