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

perl 5.8.7 on Ubuntu Linux
when i try to install Net::SSLeay via cpan i get a msg:

I could not find your OpenSSL in `'
Please provide OpenSSL-0.9.6j or
OpenSSL-0.9.7b installation directory (get from
http://www.openssl.org/ if you don't have it; please note that
SSLeay is no longer supported, see README) (C-c to abort):

my OpenSSL version is OpenSSL-0.9.7g, the installation dir is /usr/bin/openssl

when i enter '/usr/bin/openssl' here i again get
I could not find your OpenSSL in `/usr/bin/openssl' Please provide OpenSSL-0.9.6j or
OpenSSL-0.9.7b installation directory (get from
http://www.openssl.org/ if you don't have it; please note that
SSLeay is no longer supported, see README) (C-c to abort):

--how can i get past this and install this module? i know SSLeay is no longer supported, but i need it to run the latest version of this app...