in reply to Error: First Perl initiative

Crypt::SSLeay is one of the hardest modules to install. You will want to use the PPM for it (if there is one). Ask around.

My criteria for good software:
  1. Does it work?
  2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

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Re^2: Error: First Perl initiative
by meraxes (Friar) on Dec 12, 2007 at 02:59 UTC

    I can confirm that there is a PPM package for it. Just installed it myself with no problems.

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    meraxes

      I tried the install, and can't find it on PPM version 4.01 with ActivePerl 5.8.8.822:

      WARNING: Can't find any package that provide Crypt-SSLeay for Finance-Quote

      Is there a way to tell PPM where to find it?

      Software speaks in tongues of man; I debug, therefore I code.

        Ah. Forgot about that. You'll need to add http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/ as a repository source. ActiveState doesn't have a permit to distribute them.

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        meraxes
      Could you please confirm your PPM. I am employing EngInSite PPM.

        I confess to not knowing anything about EngInSite but it's a development environment, not your installation of Perl. It It doesn't come with it's own Perl interpreter so from the sound of what you're saying it's running ActiveStates ppm behind the scenes with the force option to ignore a dependency check.

        You can try opening a shell window (DOS-like environment by going to Start-> My Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt) and try the following two commands:

        ppm repo add http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/ ppm install Crypt-SSLeay

        See if that fixes you up. You may want to try re-installing the Finance::* modules after that to see if that's resolved the problem.

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        meraxes