On Jan 28, 2018 at 21:25 UTC ( #1208014=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) I asked a question about reading (UK) BBC 4 Radio schedules.

Monk tangent very helpfully replied giving Perl code which solved the problem. The Perl used LWP::UserAgent and is as follows
use LWP::UserAgent;
my $url = 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/fm/2015/10
+/13';
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(ssl_opts => {verify_hostname => 0});
my $res = $ua->get( $url );
my $html = $res->content;
print $html;

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I am using an implementation of Perl which is supplied by a commercial organization so that I can run their application based on Perl.
Therefore I have no detailed knowledge about how to add facilities such as LWP::UserAgent.
However, I did try but found I after I had added a Perl module yet another Perl module was required. For example, when using the Perl supplied by tangent I now get the following message:
“LWP will support https URLs if the LWP::Protocol::https module is installed.”

I did not get to a successful conclusion.

I have a new set of Perl installed so that all that I added (very likely incorrectly) is no longer there. Therefore I want to try again.

Can a monk give me the steps so that I can do whatever is necessary to get LWP::UserAgent (taking into account the message I got when trying the Perl sent by tangent) and any required Perl modules added to my version of Perl?

In reply to BBC4 Radio Schedules and LWP:UserAgent problem by merrymonk

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