Hi,
I have Perl 5.12, for x86_64 on Linux (Fedora 15 64-bit), and I have been trying to install IO::Socket::SSL via cpan, at the command line.

However, cpan seems no use at all, and not only did it fail to retrieve anything from anywhere, it nearly brought the machine crashing down as it went into some sort of berserk mode. I waited for ages, but nothing doing.

I really need this module installed, but am not sure how else to go about getting it onto the machine and installed properly.

cpan has worked okay in the past for some things, but on this one it fails spectacularly.

Any assistance would be much appreciated! Thanks!

In reply to IO::Socket::SSL - Install Issues by DanielSpaniel

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