hi,
fist of all thanks for giving it a try.
It seems that https is a thing now so we need some more dependencies.
i have pushed an update into the linked git repositories.
we need as dependancies
sudo apt-get install libssl1.0-dev zlib1g-dev
then we need to install ssl support for perl
cpanm IO::Socket::SSL
the issue with the modern perl is that 2017 is only available in perl5.26 with earlyer versions you can just use it without a date.
Alternatively you can check out my earlyer guide on how to install your local independant perl installation in your home directory.
I have then switched ( also in git ) the url of the steemd service to
https://rpc.steemliberator.com
wich seemed to work find.
But if you want more stable results you may want to think about running you local steemd node.
I had my nodes from this article
best regards
hoffmann
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