Ok, I finally got it to finish compiling and did a make install. I had to change one of the Makefile parameters.. LINKTYPE = dynamic -=> LINKTYPE = static Anyway it finishes the link and then I do a make install but when I run perl -e 'use Net::SSLeay' it can't find the SSLeay object.. What gives? :-/ Why didn't make install put it in a path that perl could find? I'm a little ignorant on how perl's file structure... where extra modules are supposed to go and what file names it needs to find. Teach me oh great ones.. just don't tell me to wax on/wax off or paint the fence.. :-) Don