MacPort: how to port perl?

I want to access https URLs on the web via LPW. To do this I need  
Crypt::SSLeay.

I have not been able to install Crypt::SSLeay directly so I tried  
MacPorts. Everything seemed to go fine, but LPW::UserAgent says  
Crypt::SSLeay is not installed:

    501 Protocol scheme 'https' is not supported (Crypt::SSLeay not  
installed)

I can see Crypt::SSLeay in two places:
    /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/darwin-2level/Crypt/SSLeay
    /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/darwin-2level/auto/Crypt/ 
SSLeay
Right now I've got
    PERL5LIB=/Library/Perl/5.8.6:/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/ 
5.8.8/darwin-2level
LPW insists Crypt::SSLeay is not installed. I've tried various other  
PER5LIB strings that seemed appropriate. None worked.

How do I get Perl to recognize a Perl module ported via MacPorts? In  
particular, how do I get LPW::UserAgent to see Crypt::SSLeay?

Thanks for any advice you van give me.

Regards,

Vic