Crypt::OpenSSL::Random on Win32 with ActiveState

rudds_perl_habit has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Using ActiveState Perl 5.14.2 (64bit)

Downloaded Crypt::OpenSSL::Random version 0.06

Installed OpenSSL 1.0.1i (prebuilt binaries, win64)

Define INCLUDE and LIB to have the OpenSSL in the path:

echo %LIB%
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\ATLMFC\LIB\amd64;C:\Pr
+ogram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\LIB\amd64;C:\Program Files
+\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\x64;C:\OpenSSL-Win64;C:\OpenSSL-Win
+64\lib;C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin

echo %INCLUDE%
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\ATLMFC\INCLUDE;C:\Prog
+ram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\INCLUDE;C:\Program Files\Mic
+rosoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include;C:\OpenSSL-Win64\include
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first clue that something is wrong is:

perl Makefile.PL
-lssl -lcrypto not found. Need to install the openssl devel packages.
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lssl
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lcrypto
Note (probably harmless): No library found for bufferoverflowU.lib
Writing Makefile for Crypt::OpenSSL::Random
Writing MYMETA.yml
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Looking through the OpenSSL installation, I have ssleay32.lib and libssl32.dll and ssleay32.dll.

Trying to compile (nmake) gives the errors:

Random.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol RAND_status
Random.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol RAND_egd
Random.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol RAND_seed
Random.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol RAND_bytes
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Any help is greatly appreciated!

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Re: Crypt::OpenSSL::Random on Win32 with ActiveState by syphilis (Archbishop) on Sep 09, 2014 at 02:16 UTC
Hi, Assuming ssleay32.lib is located in one of the directories specified in %LIB% (and assuming it can resolve the missing symbols), your only problem is that the Crypt::OpenSSL::Random Makefile.PL does not look for an import library named ssleay32.lib. Alternatively to the approach already suggested by Anonymous Monk, creating a copy of ssleay32.lib named ssl.lib (in any of the folders specified in %LIB%) should fix that. Or, in the Makefile.PL you could replace both occurrences of`-lssl -lcrypto` with `-lssleay32 -lssl -lcrypto` Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Crypt::OpenSSL::Random on Win32 with ActiveState by rudds_perl_habit (Novice) on Sep 09, 2014 at 15:51 UTC
Thanks for the hints Rob and "Anonymous Monk". Using a combination of both, I was able to get it to work. I ended up doing: Install OpenSSL pre-built binaries for Win64 In the OpenSSL Install directory: `copy <ossldir>/libeay32.dll <ossldir>/ssl.dll copy <ossldir>/bin/libeay32.dll <ossldir>/bin/ssl.dll copy <ossldir>/lib/libeay32.lib <ossldir>/bin/ssl.lib` [download] In the Crypt-OpenSSL-Random-0.06 directory run: `perl Makefile.PL LIBDIR="<ossldir>/lib" INCDIR="<ossldir>/include"` [download] ignore these messages, they seem bogus: `-lssl -lcrypto not found. Need to install the openssl devel packages. 'INCDIR' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name. 'LIBDIR' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name.` [download] Build, test and install: `nmake nmake test nmake install` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Crypt::OpenSSL::Random on Win32 with ActiveState by Anonymous Monk on Sep 09, 2014 at 00:41 UTC
perl Makefile.PL "LIBS=-LD:/path/to/libs -lssleay32.lib" ... A Guide to Installing Modules, Re: A guide to installing modules for Win32	[reply]


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