Another issue I had when installing SSL, the most current version of openssl blew up on my box.

I ended up compiling a slightly older version of openssl 0.9.7a (feb 2003), to the /usr/local/openssl location, I also made sure that it installed everything under that directory and that I could actually use openssl from the command line before I tried installing Crypt::SSLeay. At that point I was able to get it running.

It ended up being a harder chore than I expected, but some modules require that bit of extra work.