Re^4: Problem installing Crypt::OpenSSL::Random on Win32

I managed to find the right library in the mingw distribution. Copying libeay32.a to libssl.a did the trick. (I suppose downloading another openssl win32 library would also work, but this was easier. :-)

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Re^5: Problem installing Crypt::OpenSSL::Random on Win32 by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jan 01, 2010 at 08:20 UTC
Copying libeay32.a to libssl.a did the trick I certainly didn't expect Strawberry to go with that naming convention for their openssl libraries. I expected they would stick with the more general '-lssl -lcrypto' nomenclature (which is what mingw builds for native win32 in the msys shell) .... but I was wrong. I guess they have good reason(s) for doing that. Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^5: Problem installing Crypt::OpenSSL::Random on Win32 by Anonymous Monk on Dec 31, 2009 at 22:46 UTC
All you had to do was pass Makefile.PL some arguments	[reply]
Re^6: Problem installing Crypt::OpenSSL::Random on Win32 by TedHopp (Novice) on Jan 01, 2010 at 17:20 UTC
I was looking for a solution that would allow a simple `perl -MCPAN -e "install Crypt::OpenSSL::Random"`. How do you pass args to Makefile.PL through CPAN?	[reply]
Re^5: Problem installing Crypt::OpenSSL::Random on Win32 by ig (Vicar) on Jun 26, 2012 at 04:37 UTC
Thanks for that easy fix. Strawberry perl 5.12.3 on Windows 7 has the same problem, and the same fix: copy libeay32.a to libssl.a and the install succeeds.	[reply]