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Win32 OpenSSL

E-Commerce (Crypto::SSLeay)
Several users of the Win32 OpenSSL Installation Project have need of Net::SSLeay and/or Crypt::SSLeay for Merchant Account E-Commerce providers. Since many Windows users do not have access to or can afford a compiler, the Win32 OpenSSL Installation Project team provides default builds of binaries for these Perl modules. The following instructions are for use with the Win32 OpenSSL Installation Project with the CPAN Crypto::SSLeay module:

1) Make sure Perl is installed in C:\Perl (this is the default location for most PCs). If it is located elsewhere, you will have to modify a lot of code referencing this hardcoded location.

2) Start a Command Prompt.

3) Go into the directory where OpenSSL is installed (e.g. c:\OpenSSL).

4) Inside the main OpenSSL directory is a directory called 'perl', go into that directory. If you have Perl 5.6 installed, go into the '5.6' sub-directory and then the sub-directory 'Crypto_SSLeay'. If you have Perl 5.8 installed, go into the '5.8' sub-directory and then the sub-directory 'Crypto_SSLeay'.

5) Type 'install' and press enter.

At this point, several Perl scripts are run that install the pre-compiled binaries.
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