Dear ecuguru:

Without more context, your question is at best, hard to answer. You fail to state why do you need to force the installation of Net::SSLeay. This, along with the description of the error you provide, makes me think you need to install the correct version of the OpenSSL library, or tell Net::SSLeay where to find it.

The following, is what I can find in my system (Mac OS X 10.3):

maclem:~ lem$ find /usr/lib -name *ssl*
/usr/lib/libssl.0.9.7.dylib
/usr/lib/libssl.0.9.dylib
/usr/lib/libssl.dylib
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/openssl.pc

No significant hits appear at Mac-specific library directories. I also tried this:

maclem:~ lem$ egrep -i add_all_algorithms /usr/lib/*ssl*
maclem:~ lem$ egrep -i add_all_algorithms /usr/lib/pkgconfig/*ssl*

Which means the method you cite as missing, is not included in any of my system's libraries, which as seen below, are OpenSSL:

maclem:~ lem$ strings /usr/lib/libssl.0.9.7.dylib | egrep OpenSSL
SSLv2 part of OpenSSL 0.9.7b 10 Apr 2003
SSLv3 part of OpenSSL 0.9.7b 10 Apr 2003
SSLv2/3 compatibility part of OpenSSL 0.9.7b 10 Apr 2003
TLSv1 part of OpenSSL 0.9.7b 10 Apr 2003
OpenSSL 0.9.7b 10 Apr 2003

You can use fink to install packages openssl-* and then, attempt to build Net::SSLeay. You probably should install openssl and openssl-dev. Feel free to message me about fink, as that is too non-Perl related to add here.

Update: I just went ahead and installed Net::SSLeay on my system, using the following sequence of commands:

sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell
look Net::SSLeay
perl Makefile.PL -t
make install

The tests included with the distribution passed, so my suggestion would be to re-attempt the Net::SSLeay installation and capture the errors, so that we can take a look at them...

[ninja2:~/code/perl] guru% strings /usr/lib/libssl.0.9.7.dylib | egrep
+ OpenSSL
SSLv2 part of OpenSSL 0.9.7b 10 Apr 2003
SSLv3 part of OpenSSL 0.9.7b 10 Apr 2003
SSLv2/3 compatibility part of OpenSSL 0.9.7b 10 Apr 2003
TLSv1 part of OpenSSL 0.9.7b 10 Apr 2003
OpenSSL 0.9.7b 10 Apr 2003
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[ninja2:~/code/perl] guru% grep -i add_all_algorithms /usr/lib/*ssl*
[ninja2:~/code/perl] guru% find /usr/lib -name *ssl*
tcsh: find: No match.
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/usr/local/lib does not seem to contain the SSLeay library files
Found the following OpenSSL installations:
        OpenSSL 0.9.6   /usr/local/ssl
        OpenSSL 0.9.6   /usr/local
        OpenSSL 0.9.7   /usr
Which OpenSSL build path do you want to link against? [/usr/local/ssl]
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/Users/guru/.cpan/build/Crypt-SSLeay-0.51/blib/arch/auto/Crypt/SSLeay/
+SSLeay.bundle undefined reference to _OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms expe
+cted to be defined in a dynamic image
t/net_ssl........dubious                                              
+       
        Test returned status 0 (wstat 5, 0x5)
t/ssl_context....dyld: /usr/bin/perl Undefined symbols:
/Users/guru/.cpan/build/Crypt-SSLeay-0.51/blib/arch/auto/Crypt/SSLeay/
+SSLeay.bundle undefined reference to _OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms expe
+cted to be defined in a dynamic image
t/ssl_context....dubious                                              
+       
        Test returned status 0 (wstat 5, 0x5)
FAILED--2 test scripts could be run, alas--no output ever seen
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 2
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
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That worked!! The Library! Maybe that was it.. I did: sudo cpan then cpan> install Crypt::SSLeay
the Encryption.SSL text document included only says Crypt.SSLeay, not Net::SSLeay. I guess I should have known that?
Anyhow, perhaps that was the problem, I was going after the wrong library?
Your method of installing the module, being the lamer newbie I am I haven't seen it before, but it appears to be similar to what Cpan does. Is that a correct assumption, and is your way a better way to install modules?
Thank you, So much!
Tim

That worked!!

I'm glad it worked for you. I see that your install is looking for OpenSSL under /usr/local/lib. Perhaps you could succeed by telling the installer to look under /usr/lib instead.

The look command from the CPAN module, allows you to manually look into a distribution. It is useful for complex installations. Indeed, I wanted to take a look at Net::SSLeay since I've never installed it and I assumed you followed the standard recipe. 99% of the time, you can issue the more standard install command.

Best regards

-lem, but some call me fokat