You produce the makefile with 'perl Makefile.PL' (is is not an executable, hence you need the perl interpreter...) then 'make' then 'sudo make install' I never got the newer version of SSLeay to work, that's why I am providing version 1.30 73 Rein EA/PA0R/P > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Gesendet: 25.02.08 21:40:09 > An: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: [pskmail] Re: Server install question - Ubuntu 7.10 > > Bill - N8ET wrote: > > I am doing a server install on a new Ubuntu 7.10 system I just loaded up > > this > > morning. I loaded Ubuntu , and then did all the 190 updates that were out > > there for 7.10. > > > > I am following the installaion instructions for Ubuntu 7.04 that are on the > > wiki > > page. > > > > I am down to step 10 - "Time to get Net::SSLeay" As per the instructions, > > it > > apperars that cpan fails to isntall, so I am doing the manual steps. it > > appears that SSLeay has a newer version, because there is now a sub- > > directory Net_SSLeay-1.32 rather than Net_SSLeay.pm-1.30 When I go to > > that new directory and enter ./Makefile.PL I get a "Permission denied" > > error. > > I tried sudo ./Makefile.PL and got the same error. > > > > What am I doing wrong or missing? As I recall, when I did a similar > > install a > > week or so ago, I finally skipped that step, and went to step 11 and > > finished > > the install and the server ran successfully. > > > > This may or may not work... > > sudo su > > then enter your normal password and that should drop you to the root > account. Try the build and see what happens...if indeed it is supposed > to be built as root. > > Ed W3NR > > > > -- http://pa0r.blogspirit.com