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Installing SSL support for ActivePerl

Hmm … after re-setup finding this took me some minutes again… If you play around with the perl LWP agent to fetch some SSL pages (like your mail/bank/ad/web provider) you need to install extra SSL libraries after the ActivePerl install on your windows machine:

Try installing from one of the two sites listed below, depending on the version of

perl that you're running. It got me working and made the 'Failed: 501 Protocol scheme

'https' is not supported' error go away.

first, start package manager of perl

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	<p>ppm</p></p>

	<p><p><span class="caps">PM</span> interactive shell (2.2.0) – type 'help' for available commands.</p>

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If you have version 5.8, type

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	<p>install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/Crypt-SSLeay.ppd</p>

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If you have version 5.6, type

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	<p>install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/Crypt-SSLeay.ppd</p>

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