[NBLUG/talk] install Crypt::SSLeay Mandrivia

Walter Hansen gandalf at sonic.net
Fri Aug 4 12:29:58 PDT 2006


> On 8/3/06, Walter Hansen <gandalf at sonic.net> wrote:
>> I'm working on a mandrivia box (a colo at sonic).
>> I'm banging my head on this one.
>> It's got openssl installed via stock mandrake rpms.
>> I'm trying to get the Crypt::SSLeay perl module to load allowing perl to
>> grab secure stuff off the web.
>> But I can't seem to get the perl module to pick up on it. It's looking
>> for
>> *.h files. I think I've used urpmi to install all of the devel packages,
>> but I could be wrong.
>> It looks pretty straightforward if I install from source, but can't
>> breaking ssl knock me out of ssl session (locking me out of the server)
>> and affect the running https sites?
>> I wonder about leaving the rpm in place and installing from source in a
>> non standard location, but I'm not experinced with that.
>
> What's wrong with just using the RPM?
>
> urpmi perl-Crypt::SSLeay
>
> If you are going to try and install Crypt::SSLeay from source, then be
> prepared to have all the necessary libraries.

urpmi says it's never heard of it. I tried urpmi SSLeay and got the same
result. The more I use urpmi (or try to) the more I don't like it.

Solution to follow.




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