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1 OPENSSL INSTALLATION
2 --------------------
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ea24fe29 4 This document describes installation on all supported operating
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5 systems (the Unix/Linux family (which includes Mac OS/X), OpenVMS,
6 and Windows).
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8 To install OpenSSL, you will need:
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10 * A make implementation
11 * Perl 5 with core modules (please read NOTES.PERL)
12 * The perl module Text::Template (please read NOTES.PERL)
73bfb9ad 13 * an ANSI C compiler
d5957691 14 * a development environment in the form of development libraries and C
d57d85ff 15 header files
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16 * a supported operating system
17
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18 For additional platform specific requirements, solutions to specific
19 issues and other details, please read one of these:
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45632ee3 21 * NOTES.UNIX (any supported Unix like system)
b32b8961 22 * NOTES.VMS (OpenVMS)
20ab55f4 23 * NOTES.WIN (any supported Windows)
07930a75 24 * NOTES.DJGPP (DOS platform with DJGPP)
f39276fd 25 * NOTES.ANDROID (obviously Android [NDK])
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27 Notational conventions in this document
28 ---------------------------------------
29
30 Throughout this document, we use the following conventions in command
31 examples:
32
33 $ command Any line starting with a dollar sign
34 ($) is a command line.
35
36 { word1 | word2 | word3 } This denotes a mandatory choice, to be
37 replaced with one of the given words.
38 A simple example would be this:
39
40 $ echo { FOO | BAR | COOKIE }
41
42 which is to be understood as one of
43 these:
44
45 $ echo FOO
46 - or -
47 $ echo BAR
48 - or -
49 $ echo COOKIE
50
51 [ word1 | word2 | word3 ] Similar to { word1 | word2 | word3 }
52 except it's optional to give any of
53 those. In addition to the examples
54 above, this would also be valid:
55
56 $ echo
57
58 {{ target }} This denotes a mandatory word or
59 sequence of words of some sort. A
60 simple example would be this:
61
62 $ type {{ filename }}
63
64 which is to be understood to use the
65 command 'type' on some file name
66 determined by the user.
67
68 [[ options ]] Similar to {{ target }}, but is
69 optional.
70
71 Note that the notation assumes spaces around {, }, [, ], {{, }} and
72 [[, ]]. This is to differentiate from OpenVMS directory
73 specifications, which also use [ and ], but without spaces.
74
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75 Quick Start
76 -----------
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4109b97c 78 If you want to just get on with it, do:
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886c2e61 80 on Unix (again, this includes Mac OS/X):
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82 $ ./config
83 $ make
84 $ make test
85 $ make install
86
87 on OpenVMS:
88
89 $ @config
90 $ mms
91 $ mms test
92 $ mms install
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94 on Windows (only pick one of the targets for configuration):
95
96 $ perl Configure { VC-WIN32 | VC-WIN64A | VC-WIN64I | VC-CE }
97 $ nmake
98 $ nmake test
8c16829e 99 $ nmake install
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ea24fe29 101 If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.
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103 This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is:
104
105 Unix: normal installation directories under /usr/local
106 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version'...], where 'version' is the
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107 OpenSSL version number with underscores instead of periods.
108 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
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110 If you want to install it anywhere else, run config like this:
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112 On Unix:
113
114 $ ./config --prefix=/opt/openssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl
115
116 On OpenVMS:
117
118 $ @config --prefix=PROGRAM:[INSTALLS] --openssldir=SYS$MANAGER:[OPENSSL]
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120 (Note: if you do add options to the configuration command, please make sure
121 you've read more than just this Quick Start, such as relevant NOTES.* files,
122 the options outline below, as configuration options may change the outcome
123 in otherwise unexpected ways)
124
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126 Configuration Options
127 ---------------------
128
2d99cee7 129 There are several options to ./config (or ./Configure) to customize
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130 the build (note that for Windows, the defaults for --prefix and
131 --openssldir depend in what configuration is used and what Windows
132 implementation OpenSSL is built on. More notes on this in NOTES.WIN):
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134 --api=x.y.z
135 Don't build with support for deprecated APIs below the
136 specified version number. For example "--api=1.1.0" will
137 remove support for all APIS that were deprecated in OpenSSL
138 version 1.1.0 or below.
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140 --cross-compile-prefix=PREFIX
141 The PREFIX to include in front of commands for your
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142 toolchain. It's likely to have to end with dash, e.g.
143 a-b-c- would invoke GNU compiler as a-b-c-gcc, etc.
144 Unfortunately cross-compiling is too case-specific to
145 put together one-size-fits-all instructions. You might
146 have to pass more flags or set up environment variables
147 to actually make it work. Android and iOS cases are
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148 discussed in corresponding Configurations/15-*.conf
149 files. But there are cases when this option alone is
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150 sufficient. For example to build the mingw64 target on
151 Linux "--cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32-"
152 works. Naturally provided that mingw packages are
153 installed. Today Debian and Ubuntu users have option to
154 install a number of prepackaged cross-compilers along
155 with corresponding run-time and development packages for
156 "alien" hardware. To give another example
157 "--cross-compile-prefix=mipsel-linux-gnu-" suffices
158 in such case. Needless to mention that you have to
159 invoke ./Configure, not ./config, and pass your target
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160 name explicitly. Also, note that --openssldir refers
161 to target's file system, not one you are building on.
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163 --debug
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164 Build OpenSSL with debugging symbols and zero optimization
165 level.
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167 --libdir=DIR
168 The name of the directory under the top of the installation
169 directory tree (see the --prefix option) where libraries will
170 be installed. By default this is "lib". Note that on Windows
171 only ".lib" files will be stored in this location. dll files
172 will always be installed to the "bin" directory.
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174 --openssldir=DIR
175 Directory for OpenSSL configuration files, and also the
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176 default certificate and key store. Defaults are:
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667c6bfe 178 Unix: /usr/local/ssl
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179 Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL
180 or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SSL
667c6bfe 181 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-COMMON]
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183 --prefix=DIR
184 The top of the installation directory tree. Defaults are:
185
186 Unix: /usr/local
187 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL
188 or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
189 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version']
190
191 --release
192 Build OpenSSL without debugging symbols. This is the default.
193
194 --strict-warnings
195 This is a developer flag that switches on various compiler
196 options recommended for OpenSSL development. It only works
197 when using gcc or clang as the compiler. If you are
198 developing a patch for OpenSSL then it is recommended that
199 you use this option where possible.
200
201 --with-zlib-include=DIR
202 The directory for the location of the zlib include file. This
203 option is only necessary if enable-zlib (see below) is used
204 and the include file is not already on the system include
205 path.
206
207 --with-zlib-lib=LIB
208 On Unix: this is the directory containing the zlib library.
209 If not provided the system library path will be used.
210 On Windows: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
211 without a path). This flag must be provided if the
212 zlib-dynamic option is not also used. If zlib-dynamic is used
213 then this flag is optional and a default value ("ZLIB1") is
a73d990e 214 used if not provided.
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215 On VMS: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
216 without a path). This flag is optional and if not provided
217 then "GNV$LIBZSHR", "GNV$LIBZSHR32" or "GNV$LIBZSHR64" is
218 used by default depending on the pointer size chosen.
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221 --with-rand-seed=seed1[,seed2,...]
222 A comma separated list of seeding methods which will be tried
223 by OpenSSL in order to obtain random input (a.k.a "entropy")
224 for seeding its cryptographically secure random number
225 generator (CSPRNG). The current seeding methods are:
226
227 os: Use a trusted operating system entropy source.
228 This is the default method if such an entropy
229 source exists.
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230 getrandom: Use the L<getrandom(2)> or equivalent system
231 call.
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232 devrandom: Use the the first device from the DEVRANDOM list
233 which can be opened to read random bytes. The
234 DEVRANDOM preprocessor constant expands to
235 "/dev/urandom","/dev/random","/dev/srandom" on
236 most unix-ish operating systems.
237 egd: Check for an entropy generating daemon.
238 rdcpu: Use the RDSEED or RDRAND command if provided by
239 the CPU.
240 librandom: Use librandom (not implemented yet).
241 none: Disable automatic seeding. This is the default
242 on some operating systems where no suitable
243 entropy source exists, or no support for it is
244 implemented yet.
245
246 For more information, see the section 'Note on random number
247 generation' at the end of this document.
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249 no-afalgeng
250 Don't build the AFALG engine. This option will be forced if
251 on a platform that does not support AFALG.
252
fa28bfd6 253 enable-asan
f430ba31 254 Build with the Address sanitiser. This is a developer option
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255 only. It may not work on all platforms and should never be
256 used in production environments. It will only work when used
257 with gcc or clang and should be used in conjunction with the
258 no-shared option.
259
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261 Do not use assembler code. This should be viewed as
262 debugging/trouble-shooting option rather than production.
263 On some platforms a small amount of assembler code may
264 still be used even with this option.
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266 no-async
267 Do not build support for async operations.
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269 no-autoalginit
270 Don't automatically load all supported ciphers and digests.
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271 Typically OpenSSL will make available all of its supported
272 ciphers and digests. For a statically linked application this
273 may be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
274 This only affects libcrypto. Ciphers and digests will have to
275 be loaded manually using EVP_add_cipher() and
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276 EVP_add_digest() if this option is used. This option will
277 force a non-shared build.
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279 no-autoerrinit
280 Don't automatically load all libcrypto/libssl error strings.
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281 Typically OpenSSL will automatically load human readable
282 error strings. For a statically linked application this may
283 be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
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285 no-autoload-config
286 Don't automatically load the default openssl.cnf file.
287 Typically OpenSSL will automatically load a system config
288 file which configures default ssl options.
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290 no-capieng
291 Don't build the CAPI engine. This option will be forced if
292 on a platform that does not support CAPI.
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294 no-cms
295 Don't build support for CMS features
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297 no-comp
298 Don't build support for SSL/TLS compression. If this option
299 is left enabled (the default), then compression will only
300 work if the zlib or zlib-dynamic options are also chosen.
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302 enable-crypto-mdebug
303 Build support for debugging memory allocated via
304 OPENSSL_malloc() or OPENSSL_zalloc().
305
306 enable-crypto-mdebug-backtrace
307 As for crypto-mdebug, but additionally provide backtrace
308 information for allocated memory.
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309 TO BE USED WITH CARE: this uses GNU C functionality, and
310 is therefore not usable for non-GNU config targets. If
311 your build complains about the use of '-rdynamic' or the
312 lack of header file execinfo.h, this option is not for you.
313 ALSO NOTE that even though execinfo.h is available on your
314 system (through Gnulib), the functions might just be stubs
315 that do nothing.
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317 no-ct
318 Don't build support for Certificate Transparency.
319
320 no-deprecated
321 Don't build with support for any deprecated APIs. This is the
322 same as using "--api" and supplying the latest version
323 number.
324
325 no-dgram
326 Don't build support for datagram based BIOs. Selecting this
327 option will also force the disabling of DTLS.
328
329 no-dso
330 Don't build support for loading Dynamic Shared Objects.
331
332 no-dynamic-engine
333 Don't build the dynamically loaded engines. This only has an
334 effect in a "shared" build
335
336 no-ec
337 Don't build support for Elliptic Curves.
338
339 no-ec2m
340 Don't build support for binary Elliptic Curves
341
342 enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128
343 Enable support for optimised implementations of some commonly
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344 used NIST elliptic curves.
345 This is only supported on platforms:
346 - with little-endian storage of non-byte types
347 - that tolerate misaligned memory references
348 - where the compiler:
349 - supports the non-standard type __uint128_t
350 - defines the built-in macro __SIZEOF_INT128__
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352 enable-egd
353 Build support for gathering entropy from EGD (Entropy
354 Gathering Daemon).
355
356 no-engine
357 Don't build support for loading engines.
358
359 no-err
360 Don't compile in any error strings.
361
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362 enable-external-tests
363 Enable building of integration with external test suites.
364 This is a developer option and may not work on all platforms.
365 The only supported external test suite at the current time is
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366 the BoringSSL test suite. See the file test/README.external
367 for further details.
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369 no-filenames
370 Don't compile in filename and line number information (e.g.
371 for errors and memory allocation).
372
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373 enable-fuzz-libfuzzer, enable-fuzz-afl
374 Build with support for fuzzing using either libfuzzer or AFL.
375 These are developer options only. They may not work on all
376 platforms and should never be used in production environments.
377 See the file fuzz/README.md for further details.
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379 no-gost
380 Don't build support for GOST based ciphersuites. Note that
381 if this feature is enabled then GOST ciphersuites are only
382 available if the GOST algorithms are also available through
383 loading an externally supplied engine.
384
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385 no-hw-padlock
386 Don't build the padlock engine.
387
388 no-makedepend
05328815 389 Don't generate dependencies.
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391 no-multiblock
392 Don't build support for writing multiple records in one
393 go in libssl (Note: this is a different capability to the
394 pipelining functionality).
395
396 no-nextprotoneg
397 Don't build support for the NPN TLS extension.
398
399 no-ocsp
400 Don't build support for OCSP.
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402 no-pic
403 Don't build with support for Position Independent Code.
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405 no-posix-io
406 Don't use POSIX IO capabilities.
407
408 no-psk
409 Don't build support for Pre-Shared Key based ciphersuites.
410
411 no-rdrand
412 Don't use hardware RDRAND capabilities.
413
414 no-rfc3779
415 Don't build support for RFC3779 ("X.509 Extensions for IP
416 Addresses and AS Identifiers")
417
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418 sctp
419 Build support for SCTP
420
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421 no-shared
422 Do not create shared libraries, only static ones. See "Note
423 on shared libraries" below.
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425 no-sock
426 Don't build support for socket BIOs
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428 no-srp
429 Don't build support for SRP or SRP based ciphersuites.
430
431 no-srtp
432 Don't build SRTP support
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435 Exclude SSE2 code paths from 32-bit x86 assembly modules.
436 Normally SSE2 extension is detected at run-time, but the
437 decision whether or not the machine code will be executed
438 is taken solely on CPU capability vector. This means that
439 if you happen to run OS kernel which does not support SSE2
440 extension on Intel P4 processor, then your application
441 might be exposed to "illegal instruction" exception.
442 There might be a way to enable support in kernel, e.g.
443 FreeBSD kernel can be compiled with CPU_ENABLE_SSE, and
444 there is a way to disengage SSE2 code paths upon application
445 start-up, but if you aim for wider "audience" running
446 such kernel, consider no-sse2. Both the 386 and
447 no-asm options imply no-sse2.
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449 enable-ssl-trace
450 Build with the SSL Trace capabilities (adds the "-trace"
451 option to s_client and s_server).
452
453 no-static-engine
454 Don't build the statically linked engines. This only
455 has an impact when not built "shared".
456
457 no-stdio
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458 Don't use anything from the C header file "stdio.h" that
459 makes use of the "FILE" type. Only libcrypto and libssl can
460 be built in this way. Using this option will suppress
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461 building the command line applications. Additionally since
462 the OpenSSL tests also use the command line applications the
463 tests will also be skipped.
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465 no-tests
466 Don't build test programs or run any test.
467
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468 no-threads
469 Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
470 applications.
471
472 threads
473 Build with support for multi-threaded applications. Most
474 platforms will enable this by default. However if on a
475 platform where this is not the case then this will usually
476 require additional system-dependent options! See "Note on
477 multi-threading" below.
478
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479 enable-tls13downgrade
480 TODO(TLS1.3): Make this enabled by default and remove the
481 option when TLSv1.3 is out of draft
482 TLSv1.3 offers a downgrade protection mechanism. This is
483 implemented but disabled by default. It should not typically
484 be enabled except for testing purposes. Otherwise this could
485 cause problems if a pre-RFC version of OpenSSL talks to an
486 RFC implementation (it will erroneously be detected as a
487 downgrade).
488
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489 no-ts
490 Don't build Time Stamping Authority support.
491
fa28bfd6 492 enable-ubsan
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494 developer option only. It may not work on all platforms and
495 should never be used in production environments. It will only
496 work when used with gcc or clang and should be used in
497 conjunction with the "-DPEDANTIC" option (or the
498 --strict-warnings option).
499
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500 no-ui
501 Don't build with the "UI" capability (i.e. the set of
502 features enabling text based prompts).
503
504 enable-unit-test
505 Enable additional unit test APIs. This should not typically
506 be used in production deployments.
507
508 enable-weak-ssl-ciphers
509 Build support for SSL/TLS ciphers that are considered "weak"
510 (e.g. RC4 based ciphersuites).
511
512 zlib
513 Build with support for zlib compression/decompression.
514
515 zlib-dynamic
516 Like "zlib", but has OpenSSL load the zlib library
517 dynamically when needed. This is only supported on systems
518 where loading of shared libraries is supported.
519
520 386
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521 In 32-bit x86 builds, when generating assembly modules,
522 use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code
523 is more efficient, but requires at least a 486). Note:
524 This doesn't affect code generated by compiler, you're
525 likely to complement configuration command line with
526 suitable compiler-specific option.
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528 no-<prot>
529 Don't build support for negotiating the specified SSL/TLS
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530 protocol (one of ssl, ssl3, tls, tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2,
531 tls1_3, dtls, dtls1 or dtls1_2). If "no-tls" is selected then
532 all of tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2 and tls1_3 are disabled.
533 Similarly "no-dtls" will disable dtls1 and dtls1_2. The
534 "no-ssl" option is synonymous with "no-ssl3". Note this only
535 affects version negotiation. OpenSSL will still provide the
536 methods for applications to explicitly select the individual
537 protocol versions.
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539 no-<prot>-method
540 As for no-<prot> but in addition do not build the methods for
541 applications to explicitly select individual protocol
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542 versions. Note that there is no "no-tls1_3-method" option
543 because there is no application method for TLSv1.3. Using
034d55cd 544 individual protocol methods directly is deprecated.
f518cef4 545 Applications should use TLS_method() instead.
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547 enable-<alg>
548 Build with support for the specified algorithm, where <alg>
42e22c7c 549 is one of: md2 or rc5.
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551 no-<alg>
552 Build without support for the specified algorithm, where
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553 <alg> is one of: aria, bf, blake2, camellia, cast, chacha,
554 cmac, des, dh, dsa, ecdh, ecdsa, idea, md4, mdc2, ocb,
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555 poly1305, rc2, rc4, rmd160, scrypt, seed, siphash, sm2, sm3,
556 sm4 or whirlpool. The "ripemd" algorithm is deprecated and
557 if used is synonymous with rmd160.
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5b18235a 559 -Dxxx, -Ixxx, -Wp, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -Wl, -rpath, -R, -framework, -static
a74341f9 560 These system specific options will be recognised and
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561 passed through to the compiler to allow you to define
562 preprocessor symbols, specify additional libraries, library
563 directories or other compiler options. It might be worth
564 noting that some compilers generate code specifically for
565 processor the compiler currently executes on. This is not
566 necessarily what you might have in mind, since it might be
567 unsuitable for execution on other, typically older,
568 processor. Consult your compiler documentation.
569
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570 Take note of the VAR=value documentation below and how
571 these flags interact with those variables.
572
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573 -xxx, +xxx
574 Additional options that are not otherwise recognised are
575 passed through as they are to the compiler as well. Again,
576 consult your compiler documentation.
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578 Take note of the VAR=value documentation below and how
579 these flags interact with those variables.
580
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80f27877 582 Assignment of environment variable for Configure. These
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583 work just like normal environment variable assignments,
584 but are supported on all platforms and are confined to
585 the configuration scripts only. These assignments override
586 the corresponding value in the inherited environment, if
587 there is one.
588
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589 The following variables are used as "make variables" and
590 can be used as an alternative to giving preprocessor,
591 compiler and linker options directly as configuration.
592 The following variables are supported:
593
594 AR The static library archiver.
595 ARFLAGS Flags for the static library archiver.
596 AS The assembler compiler.
597 ASFLAGS Flags for the assembler compiler.
598 CC The C compiler.
599 CFLAGS Flags for the C compiler.
600 CXX The C++ compiler.
601 CXXFLAGS Flags for the C++ compiler.
602 CPP The C/C++ preprocessor.
603 CPPFLAGS Flags for the C/C++ preprocessor.
604 CPPDEFINES List of CPP macro definitions, separated
605 by a platform specific character (':' or
606 space for Unix, ';' for Windows, ',' for
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607 VMS). This can be used instead of using
608 -D (or what corresponds to that on your
609 compiler) in CPPFLAGS.
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610 CPPINCLUDES List of CPP inclusion directories, separated
611 the same way as for CPPDEFINES. This can
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612 be used instead of -I (or what corresponds
613 to that on your compiler) in CPPFLAGS.
5b18235a 614 HASHBANGPERL Perl invocation to be inserted after '#!'
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615 in public perl scripts (only relevant on
616 Unix).
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617 LD The program linker (not used on Unix, $(CC)
618 is used there).
619 LDFLAGS Flags for the shared library, DSO and
620 program linker.
621 LDLIBS Extra libraries to use when linking.
622 Takes the form of a space separated list
623 of library specifications on Unix and
624 Windows, and as a comma separated list of
625 libraries on VMS.
626 RANLIB The library archive indexer.
627 RC The Windows resources manipulator.
628 RCFLAGS Flags for the Windows reources manipulator.
629 RM The command to remove files and directories.
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632 on the command line. In other words, something like this
633 isn't permitted.
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635 ./config -DFOO CPPFLAGS=-DBAR -DCOOKIE
636
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638
639 To be compatible with older configuration scripts, the
640 environment variables are ignored if compiling / linking
641 flags are given on the command line, except for these:
642
643 AR, CC, CXX, CROSS_COMPILE, HASHBANGPERL, PERL, RANLIB, RC
644 and WINDRES
645
646 For example, the following command will not see -DBAR:
647
648 CPPFLAGS=-DBAR ./config -DCOOKIE
649
650 However, the following will see both set variables:
651
652 CC=gcc CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-w64-mingw32- \
653 ./config -DCOOKIE
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656 reconfigure
657 Reconfigure from earlier data. This fetches the previous
658 command line options and environment from data saved in
659 "configdata.pm", and runs the configuration process again,
660 using these options and environment.
661 Note: NO other option is permitted together with "reconf".
662 This means that you also MUST use "./Configure" (or
663 what corresponds to that on non-Unix platforms) directly
664 to invoke this option.
665 Note: The original configuration saves away values for ALL
666 environment variables that were used, and if they weren't
667 defined, they are still saved away with information that
668 they weren't originally defined. This information takes
669 precedence over environment variables that are defined
670 when reconfiguring.
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673 -----------------------------
674
675 The configuration script itself will say very little, and finishes by
676 creating "configdata.pm". This perl module can be loaded by other scripts
677 to find all the configuration data, and it can also be used as a script to
678 display all sorts of configuration data in a human readable form.
679
680 For more information, please do:
681
682 $ ./configdata.pm --help # Unix
683
684 or
685
686 $ perl configdata.pm --help # Windows and VMS
687
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689 ----------------------
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4109b97c 691 1a. Configure OpenSSL for your operation system automatically:
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694
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697 or
698
ea24fe29 699 $ @config [[ options ]] ! OpenVMS
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701 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
702 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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4109b97c 704 This guesses at your operating system (and compiler, if necessary) and
b1fe6b43 705 configures OpenSSL based on this guess. Run ./config -t to see
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707 are cross-compiling for another platform, or the ./config guess was
708 wrong for other reasons, go to step 1b. Otherwise go to step 2.
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711
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c9f06e7f 714 1b. Configure OpenSSL for your operating system manually
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717 compiler combinations. To see the ones it knows about, run
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720
721 or
722
723 $ perl Configure # All other platforms
724
725 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
726 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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729 operating systems there is a choice between using "cc" or "gcc". When
730 you have identified your system (and if necessary compiler) use this name
2acd8ec7 731 as the argument to Configure. For example, a "linux-elf" user would
4109b97c 732 run:
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ea24fe29 734 $ ./Configure linux-elf [[ options ]]
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5bb9e2b4 736 If your system isn't listed, you will have to create a configuration
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739 and read Configurations/README and Configurations/README.design for
740 more information.
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743 Unix-like systems.
744
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746 and "descrip.mms" on OpenVMS) from a suitable template in Configurations,
747 and defines various macros in include/openssl/opensslconf.h (generated from
748 include/openssl/opensslconf.h.in).
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751
752 OpenSSL can be configured to build in a build directory separate from
753 the directory with the source code. It's done by placing yourself in
754 some other directory and invoking the configuration commands from
755 there.
756
757 Unix example:
758
759 $ mkdir /var/tmp/openssl-build
760 $ cd /var/tmp/openssl-build
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763 or
764
ea24fe29 765 $ /PATH/TO/OPENSSL/SOURCE/Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
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767 OpenVMS example:
768
769 $ set default sys$login:
770 $ create/dir [.tmp.openssl-build]
771 $ set default [.tmp.openssl-build]
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774 or
775
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779
780 $ C:
781 $ mkdir \temp-openssl
782 $ cd \temp-openssl
ea24fe29 783 $ perl d:\PATH\TO\OPENSSL\SOURCE\Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
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786 do its best to translate them to relative paths whenever possible.
787
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791 $ mms ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
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795 Unix, corresponding on other platforms) and the OpenSSL binary
796 ("openssl"). The libraries will be built in the top-level directory,
797 and the binary will be in the "apps" subdirectory.
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1af66bb7 799 Troubleshooting:
800
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802 for the failure that aren't problems in OpenSSL itself (like
1af66bb7 803 missing standard headers).
804
805 If the build succeeded previously, but fails after a source or
806 configuration change, it might be helpful to clean the build tree
807 before attempting another build. Use this command:
808
809 $ make clean # Unix
810 $ mms clean ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
811 $ nmake clean # Windows
812
813 Assembler error messages can sometimes be sidestepped by using the
814 "no-asm" configuration option.
815
816 Compiling parts of OpenSSL with gcc and others with the system
817 compiler will result in unresolved symbols on some systems.
818
819 If you are still having problems you can get help by sending an email
820 to the openssl-users email list (see
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822 it is a bug with OpenSSL itself, please open an issue on GitHub, at
823 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues. Please review the existing
824 ones first; maybe the bug was already reported or has already been
d5957691 825 fixed.
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462ba4f6 827 3. After a successful build, the libraries should be tested. Run:
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830 $ mms test ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 831 $ nmake test # Windows
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6616429d 833 NOTE: you MUST run the tests from an unprivileged account (or
f430ba31 834 disable your privileges temporarily if your platform allows it).
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837 the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like a
838 malfunction with Perl). You may want increased verbosity, that
839 can be accomplished like this:
840
be6bdab6 841 $ make VERBOSE=1 test # Unix
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e8173157 843 $ mms /macro=(VERBOSE=1) test ! OpenVMS
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be6bdab6 845 $ nmake VERBOSE=1 test # Windows
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848 the make variable TESTS to specify them, like this:
849
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851 $ mms/macro="TESTS=test_rsa test_dsa" test ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 852 $ nmake TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test # Windows
2e996acf 853
2acd8ec7 854 And of course, you can combine (Unix example shown):
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be6bdab6 856 $ make VERBOSE=1 TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test
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858 You can find the list of available tests like this:
859
2acd8ec7 860 $ make list-tests # Unix
5bb9e2b4 861 $ mms list-tests ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 862 $ nmake list-tests # Windows
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865 see what other HARNESS_* variables there are.
866
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869 run "make clean; make" or corresponding.
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872 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues.
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875 see section TESTS in Detail below.
876
462ba4f6 877 4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with
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880 $ mms install ! OpenVMS
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883 This will install all the software components in this directory
884 tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its
885 default):
886
887 Unix:
888
889 bin/ Contains the openssl binary and a few other
890 utility scripts.
891 include/openssl
892 Contains the header files needed if you want
893 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
894 or libssl.
895 lib Contains the OpenSSL library files.
896 lib/engines Contains the OpenSSL dynamically loadable engines.
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898 share/man/man1 Contains the OpenSSL command line man-pages.
899 share/man/man3 Contains the OpenSSL library calls man-pages.
900 share/man/man5 Contains the OpenSSL configuration format man-pages.
901 share/man/man7 Contains the OpenSSL other misc man-pages.
902
903 share/doc/openssl/html/man1
904 share/doc/openssl/html/man3
905 share/doc/openssl/html/man5
906 share/doc/openssl/html/man7
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908
909 OpenVMS ('arch' is replaced with the architecture name, "Alpha"
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911 (0101 for 1.1), and 'pz' is replaced with the pointer size
912 OpenSSL was built with):
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915 [.EXE] Contains a few utility scripts.
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917 Contains the header files needed if you want
918 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
919 or libssl.
920 [.LIB.'arch'] Contains the OpenSSL library files.
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923 [.SYS$STARTUP] Contains startup, login and shutdown scripts.
924 These define appropriate logical names and
925 command symbols.
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927 [.HTML] Contains the HTML rendition of the manual pages.
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930 Additionally, install will add the following directories under
931 OPENSSLDIR (the directory given with --openssldir or its default)
932 for you convenience:
933
934 certs Initially empty, this is the default location
935 for certificate files.
936 private Initially empty, this is the default location
937 for private key files.
938 misc Various scripts.
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941 locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
942 it can easily be packaged, can use
943
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945 $ mms/macro="DESTDIR=TMP:[PACKAGE-ROOT]" install ! OpenVMS
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3c65577f 947 The specified destination directory will be prepended to all
2acd8ec7 948 installation target paths.
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2acd8ec7 950 Compatibility issues with previous OpenSSL versions:
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952 * COMPILING existing applications
953
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956 of EVP types. Accessor functions have been added to allow
957 controlled access to the structures' data.
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960 the new ways of doing things. This often amounts to allocating
961 an instance of a structure explicitly where you could previously
962 allocate them on the stack as automatic variables, and using the
963 provided accessor functions where you would previously access a
964 structure's field directly.
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967 preserved when possible.
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970 ---------------------
971
972 A number of environment variables can be used to provide additional control
973 over the build process. Typically these should be defined prior to running
974 config or Configure. Not all environment variables are relevant to all
975 platforms.
976
977 AR
978 The name of the ar executable to use.
979
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981 Use a different build file name than the platform default
982 ("Makefile" on Unixly platforms, "makefile" on native Windows,
983 "descrip.mms" on OpenVMS). This requires that there is a
984 corresponding build file template. See Configurations/README
985 for further information.
986
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988 The compiler to use. Configure will attempt to pick a default
989 compiler for your platform but this choice can be overridden
990 using this variable. Set it to the compiler executable you wish
991 to use, e.g. "gcc" or "clang".
992
993 CROSS_COMPILE
994 This environment variable has the same meaning as for the
995 "--cross-compile-prefix" Configure flag described above. If both
996 are set then the Configure flag takes precedence.
997
998 NM
999 The name of the nm executable to use.
1000
1001 OPENSSL_LOCAL_CONFIG_DIR
1002 OpenSSL comes with a database of information about how it
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1004 templates for those platforms. The database is comprised of
1005 ".conf" files in the Configurations directory. The build
1006 file templates reside there as well as ".tmpl" files. See the
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1009 files.
1010 In addition to the standard ".conf" and ".tmpl" files, it is
1011 possible to create your own ".conf" and ".tmpl" files and store
1012 them locally, outside the OpenSSL source tree. This environment
1013 variable can be set to the directory where these files are held
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1015 standard directories.
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1017 PERL
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1020 other hand imposes the interpreter by which it itself was
1021 executed on the whole build procedure.
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1023 HASHBANGPERL
1024 The command string for the Perl executable to insert in the
1025 #! line of perl scripts that will be publically installed.
1026 Default: /usr/bin/env perl
1027 Note: the value of this variable is added to the same scripts
1028 on all platforms, but it's only relevant on Unix-like platforms.
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1030 RC
1031 The name of the rc executable to use. The default will be as
1032 defined for the target platform in the ".conf" file. If not
1033 defined then "windres" will be used. The WINDRES environment
1034 variable is synonymous to this. If both are defined then RC
1035 takes precedence.
1036
1037 RANLIB
1038 The name of the ranlib executable to use.
1039
1040 WINDRES
1041 See RC.
1042
1043 Makefile targets
1044 ----------------
1045
1046 The Configure script generates a Makefile in a format relevant to the specific
1047 platform. The Makefiles provide a number of targets that can be used. Not all
1048 targets may be available on all platforms. Only the most common targets are
1049 described here. Examine the Makefiles themselves for the full list.
1050
1051 all
1052 The default target to build all the software components.
1053
1054 clean
1055 Remove all build artefacts and return the directory to a "clean"
1056 state.
1057
1058 depend
1059 Rebuild the dependencies in the Makefiles. This is a legacy
1060 option that no longer needs to be used in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
1061
1062 install
1063 Install all OpenSSL components.
1064
1065 install_sw
1066 Only install the OpenSSL software components.
1067
1068 install_docs
1069 Only install the OpenSSL documentation components.
1070
1071 install_man_docs
1072 Only install the OpenSSL man pages (Unix only).
1073
1074 install_html_docs
1075 Only install the OpenSSL html documentation.
1076
1077 list-tests
1078 Prints a list of all the self test names.
1079
1080 test
1081 Build and run the OpenSSL self tests.
1082
1083 uninstall
1084 Uninstall all OpenSSL components.
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1087 reconf
1088 Re-run the configuration process, as exactly as the last time
1089 as possible.
1090
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1092 This is a developer option. If you are developing a patch for
1093 OpenSSL you may need to use this if you want to update
1094 automatically generated files; add new error codes or add new
1095 (or change the visibility of) public API functions. (Unix only).
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1098 ---------------
1099
1100 The make variable TESTS supports a versatile set of space separated tokens
1101 with which you can specify a set of tests to be performed. With a "current
1102 set of tests" in mind, initially being empty, here are the possible tokens:
1103
1104 alltests The current set of tests becomes the whole set of available
1105 tests (as listed when you do 'make list-tests' or similar).
1106 xxx Adds the test 'xxx' to the current set of tests.
1107 -xxx Removes 'xxx' from the current set of tests. If this is the
1108 first token in the list, the current set of tests is first
1109 assigned the whole set of available tests, effectively making
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1111 nn Adds the test group 'nn' (which is a number) to the current
1112 set of tests.
1113 -nn Removes the test group 'nn' from the current set of tests.
1114 If this is the first token in the list, the current set of
1115 tests is first assigned the whole set of available tests,
1116 effectively making this token equivalent to
1117 TESTS="alltests -xxx".
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1119 Also, all tokens except for "alltests" may have wildcards, such as *.
1120 (on Unix and Windows, BSD style wildcards are supported, while on VMS,
1121 it's VMS style wildcards)
1122
1123 Example: All tests except for the fuzz tests:
1124
1125 $ make TESTS=-test_fuzz test
1126
1127 or (if you want to be explicit)
1128
1129 $ make TESTS='alltests -test_fuzz' test
1130
1131 Example: All tests that have a name starting with "test_ssl" but not those
1132 starting with "test_ssl_":
1133
1134 $ make TESTS='test_ssl* -test_ssl_*' test
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1137
1138 $ make TESTS='10'
1139
1140 Example: All tests except the slow group (group 99):
1141
1142 $ make TESTS='-99'
1143
1144 Example: All tests in test groups 80 to 99 except for tests in group 90:
1145
1146 $ make TESTS='[89]? -90'
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1149 -----------------------
1150
1151 For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what compiler options
1152 are needed to generate a library that is suitable for multi-threaded
1153 applications. On these systems, support for multi-threading is enabled
1154 by default; use the "no-threads" option to disable (this should never be
1155 necessary).
1156
1157 On other systems, to enable support for multi-threading, you will have
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1160 case, obviously, is not to include support for multi-threading (but
1161 you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message
1162 from the Configure script.)
1163
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1166 supported. If your platform does not provide pthreads or Windows threads then
1167 you should Configure with the "no-threads" option.
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1173 build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems
1174 the shared libraries will be created by default. This can be suppressed and
1175 only static libraries created by using the "no-shared" option. On systems
1176 where OpenSSL does not know how to build shared libraries the "no-shared"
1177 option will be forced and only static libraries will be created.
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1180 One way or another, they all have the major OpenSSL version number as
1181 part of the file name, i.e. for OpenSSL 1.1.x, 1.1 is somehow part of
1182 the name.
1183
1184 On most POSIXly platforms, shared libraries are named libcrypto.so.1.1
1185 and libssl.so.1.1.
1186
1187 on Cygwin, shared libraries are named cygcrypto-1.1.dll and cygssl-1.1.dll
1188 with import libraries libcrypto.dll.a and libssl.dll.a.
1189
1190 On Windows build with MSVC or using MingW, shared libraries are named
1191 libcrypto-1_1.dll and libssl-1_1.dll for 32-bit Windows, libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
1192 and libssl-1_1-x64.dll for 64-bit x86_64 Windows, and libcrypto-1_1-ia64.dll
1193 and libssl-1_1-ia64.dll for IA64 Windows. With MSVC, the import libraries
1194 are named libcrypto.lib and libssl.lib, while with MingW, they are named
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1197 On VMS, shareable images (VMS speak for shared libraries) are named
1198 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr.exe. However, when
1199 OpenSSL is specifically built for 32-bit pointers, the shareable images
1200 are named ossl$libcrypto0101_shr32.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr32.exe
1201 instead, and when built for 64-bit pointers, they are named
1202 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr64.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr64.exe.
1203
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1205 --------------------------------
1206
1207 Availability of cryptographically secure random numbers is required for
1208 secret key generation. OpenSSL provides several options to seed the
a73d990e 1209 internal CSPRNG. If not properly seeded, the internal CSPRNG will refuse
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1213 which can be used to specify a comma separated list of seed methods.
1214 However in most cases OpenSSL will choose a suitable default method,
1215 so it is not necessary to explicitely provide this option. Note also
1216 that not all methods are available on all platforms.
1217
1218 I) On operating systems which provide a suitable randomness source (in
1219 form of a system call or system device), OpenSSL will use the optimal
1220 available method to seed the CSPRNG from the operating system's
1221 randomness sources. This corresponds to the option --with-rand-seed=os.
1222
1223 II) On systems without such a suitable randomness source, automatic seeding
1224 and reseeding is disabled (--with-rand-seed=none) and it may be necessary
1225 to install additional support software to obtain a random seed and reseed
1226 the CSPRNG manually. Please check out the manual pages for RAND_add(),
1227 RAND_bytes(), RAND_egd(), and the FAQ for more information.