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LWP::UserAgent and HTTPS

If you are trying to download a website with LWP::UserAgent in Perl through HTTPS, you might encounter errors like this:
Can't locate object method "new" via package "LWP::Protocol::https::Socket"

or

Can't connect -- 501 Protocol scheme 'https' is not supported (Crypt::SSLeay or IO::Socket::SSL not installed) at somefile.pl line something.
The solution to this problem is to install the ssl development libraries, and then install the Crypt::SSLeay Perl module. To do this in Debian or Ubuntu, open a terminal and type in the following:
sudo aptitude install libssl-dev
sudo cpan -i Crypt::SSLeay

This should fix your problem.

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6 Comments on LWP::UserAgent and HTTPS

  1. colin says:
    July 23, 2010 at 9:43 am

    It realy works for me, thanks

  2. Jannich Brendle says:
    July 24, 2010 at 11:51 am

    Sure thing Colin. :-)

  3. Kayvan says:
    January 21, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    Installing libcrypt-ssleay-perl also works (rather than installing it through CPAN):

    $ sudo aptitude install libcrypt-ssleay-perl

  4. Jannich Brendle says:
    January 26, 2011 at 11:05 pm

    Hi Kayvan. Thanks for that tip. :-)

  5. Mads says:
    March 7, 2011 at 8:11 pm

    Its really works ;)

  6. tom-erik paulsen says:
    September 13, 2011 at 2:48 pm

    Thanks a lot, got me busy for some hours. This really did the trick ;)

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