Many Perl modules require 3rd party libraries that are not written in Perl. This is also true of other languages like Python. These modules require special handling.

(Of course, any pure Perl module will not require special handling.)

Because SSH/SSH2 is such an important tool, I would expect Activestate to have at least one SSH module in its PPM archive.

Have you searched Activestate's PPM archive ?

Activestate does provide some advice on installing modules not already available in PPM packages (PPM is Activestate's proprietary packaging system): http://www.activestate.com/blog/2010/10/how-install-cpan-modules-activeperl

Just FYI, Strawberry Perl took a different approach to installing modules: It includes all the tools needed to build any CPAN module, plus most other modules.

In reply to Re^9: threads, forks and SSH by RonW
in thread threads, forks and SSH by ralph2014

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