Looks like it builds a corrupt Makefile to me.

Any hints where to go from here? 

erickn@cofjora01d:/home/erickn/Crypt-SSLeay-0.55> perl Makefile.PL
Adding testcover target
=======================================================
Only one OpenSSL installation found at /usr/local/ssl
Consider running 'perl Makefile.PL --default' the next
time Crypt::SSLeay is upgraded to select this directory
automatically thereby avoiding the following prompt.
=======================================================
Which SSL install path do you want to use? [/usr/local/ssl] 

BUILD INFORMATION
================================================
ssl library: OpenSSL 0.9.8 in /usr/local/ssl
ssl header:  openssl/ssl.h
libraries:   -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -lssl -lcrypto -lgcc
include dir: -I/usr/local/ssl/include/openssl
================================================
WARNING: LICENSE is not a known parameter.
'LICENSE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name.
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lgcc
Writing Makefile for Crypt::SSLeay
The test suite can attempt to connect to public servers
to ensure that the code is working properly. If you are
behind a strict firewall or have no network connectivity,
these tests may fail (through no fault of the code).

Do you want to run the live tests (y/N) ? [N]

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When I try to make i get a fatal error... 
erickn@cofjora01d:/home/erickn/Crypt-SSLeay-0.55> make  
make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 868: Unexpected end of lin
+e seen

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here is the end of Makefile... 
erickn@cofjora01d:/home/erickn/Crypt-SSLeay-0.55> tail -20 Makefile
# --- MakeMaker selfdocument section:


# --- MakeMaker postamble section:


COVER = cover

coverclean:
        $(COVER) -delete

testcover: coverclean pure_all
        HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES='-MDevel::Cover=-coverage,branch,-covera
+ge,condition,-coverage,pod,-coverage,statement,-coverage,subroutine' 
+PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 $(FULLPERLRUN) "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test
+_harness($(TEST_VERBOSE), '$(INST_LIB)','$(INST_ARCHLIB)')" $(TEST_FI
+LES)
                    
        $(COVER) 




# End.
erickn@cofjora01d:/home/erickn/Crypt-SSLeay-0.55>

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In reply to Problems installing Crypt:::SSLeay by mifflin

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