require LWP::UserAgent;


 my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
 $ua->timeout(10);
 $ua->env_proxy;

 my $response = $ua->get('http://search.cpan.org/');

 if ($response->is_success) {
     print $response->content;  # or whatever
 }
 else {
     die $response->status_line;
 }

Found OpenSSL (version OpenSSL 0.9.7) installed at /usr
Which OpenSSL build path do you want to link against? [/usr]

linux:~/Documents/perlmodule/Crypt-SSLeay-0.51 # perl Makefile.PL
Found OpenSSL (version OpenSSL 0.9.7) installed at /usr
Which OpenSSL build path do you want to link against? [/usr]

================================================
BUILD INFORMATION
================================================

ssl dir:        /usr
libraries:      -lssl -lcrypto -lgcc -lRSAglue -lrsaref
include dir:    /usr/include
ssl header:     openssl/ssl.h
ssl candidate:  /usr; /usr/include/openssl; OpenSSL 0.9.7

================================================

Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lgcc
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lRSAglue
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lrsaref
Writing Makefile for Crypt::SSLeay

linux:~/Documents/perlmodule/Crypt-SSLeay-0.51 # perl Makefile.PL
Found OpenSSL (version OpenSSL 0.9.7) installed at /usr
Which OpenSSL build path do you want to link against? [/usr] /usr/bin/openssl
Apparently no SSLeay installation at '/usr/bin/openssl'
Are you sure you got it correct????

================================================
BUILD INFORMATION
================================================

ssl dir:        /usr/bin/openssl
libraries:      -lssl -lcrypto -lgcc -lRSAglue -lrsaref
include dir:    /usr/bin/openssl/include
ssl header:     openssl/ssl.h
ssl candidate:  /usr/bin/openssl; /usr/bin/openssl/include

================================================

Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lgcc
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lRSAglue
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lrsaref
Writing Makefile for Crypt::SSLeay
linux:~/Documents/perlmodule/Crypt-SSLeay-0.51 # make
cc -c  -I/usr/bin/openssl/include -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -march=i586 -mcpu=i686 -fmessage-length=0 -Wall -g -Wall -pipe   -DVERSION=\"0.51\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.51\" -fPIC "-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i586-linux-thread-multi/CORE"   SSLeay.c
cc1: /usr/bin/openssl/include: Not a directory
make: *** [SSLeay.o] Error 1
linux:~/Documents/perlmodule/Crypt-SSLeay-0.51 #