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2 OPENSSL INSTALLATION
3 --------------------
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5 This document describes installation on all supported operating
6 systems (the Linux/Unix family, OpenVMS 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
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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)
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26 Notational conventions in this document
27 ---------------------------------------
28
29 Throughout this document, we use the following conventions in command
30 examples:
31
32 $ command Any line starting with a dollar sign
33 ($) is a command line.
34
35 { word1 | word2 | word3 } This denotes a mandatory choice, to be
36 replaced with one of the given words.
37 A simple example would be this:
38
39 $ echo { FOO | BAR | COOKIE }
40
41 which is to be understood as one of
42 these:
43
44 $ echo FOO
45 - or -
46 $ echo BAR
47 - or -
48 $ echo COOKIE
49
50 [ word1 | word2 | word3 ] Similar to { word1 | word2 | word3 }
51 except it's optional to give any of
52 those. In addition to the examples
53 above, this would also be valid:
54
55 $ echo
56
57 {{ target }} This denotes a mandatory word or
58 sequence of words of some sort. A
59 simple example would be this:
60
61 $ type {{ filename }}
62
63 which is to be understood to use the
64 command 'type' on some file name
65 determined by the user.
66
67 [[ options ]] Similar to {{ target }}, but is
68 optional.
69
70 Note that the notation assumes spaces around {, }, [, ], {{, }} and
71 [[, ]]. This is to differentiate from OpenVMS directory
72 specifications, which also use [ and ], but without spaces.
73
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74 Quick Start
75 -----------
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4109b97c 77 If you want to just get on with it, do:
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79 on Unix:
80
81 $ ./config
82 $ make
83 $ make test
84 $ make install
85
86 on OpenVMS:
87
88 $ @config
89 $ mms
90 $ mms test
91 $ mms install
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93 on Windows (only pick one of the targets for configuration):
94
95 $ perl Configure { VC-WIN32 | VC-WIN64A | VC-WIN64I | VC-CE }
96 $ nmake
97 $ nmake test
8c16829e 98 $ nmake install
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ea24fe29 100 If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.
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102 This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is:
103
104 Unix: normal installation directories under /usr/local
105 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version'...], where 'version' is the
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106 OpenSSL version number with underscores instead of periods.
107 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
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108
109 If you want to install it anywhere else, run config like this:
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111 On Unix:
112
113 $ ./config --prefix=/opt/openssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl
114
115 On OpenVMS:
116
117 $ @config --prefix=PROGRAM:[INSTALLS] --openssldir=SYS$MANAGER:[OPENSSL]
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120 Configuration Options
121 ---------------------
122
2d99cee7 123 There are several options to ./config (or ./Configure) to customize
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124 the build (note that for Windows, the defaults for --prefix and
125 --openssldir depend in what configuration is used and what Windows
126 implementation OpenSSL is built on. More notes on this in NOTES.WIN):
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128 --api=x.y.z
129 Don't build with support for deprecated APIs below the
130 specified version number. For example "--api=1.1.0" will
131 remove support for all APIS that were deprecated in OpenSSL
132 version 1.1.0 or below.
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134 --cross-compile-prefix=PREFIX
135 The PREFIX to include in front of commands for your
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136 toolchain. It's likely to have to end with dash, e.g.
137 a-b-c- would invoke GNU compiler as a-b-c-gcc, etc.
138 Unfortunately cross-compiling is too case-specific to
139 put together one-size-fits-all instructions. You might
140 have to pass more flags or set up environment variables
141 to actually make it work. Android and iOS cases are
142 discussed in corresponding Configurations/10-main.cf
143 sections. But there are cases when this option alone is
144 sufficient. For example to build the mingw64 target on
145 Linux "--cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32-"
146 works. Naturally provided that mingw packages are
147 installed. Today Debian and Ubuntu users have option to
148 install a number of prepackaged cross-compilers along
149 with corresponding run-time and development packages for
150 "alien" hardware. To give another example
151 "--cross-compile-prefix=mipsel-linux-gnu-" suffices
152 in such case. Needless to mention that you have to
153 invoke ./Configure, not ./config, and pass your target
154 name explicitly.
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156 --debug
157 Build OpenSSL with debugging symbols.
158
159 --libdir=DIR
160 The name of the directory under the top of the installation
161 directory tree (see the --prefix option) where libraries will
162 be installed. By default this is "lib". Note that on Windows
163 only ".lib" files will be stored in this location. dll files
164 will always be installed to the "bin" directory.
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166 --openssldir=DIR
167 Directory for OpenSSL configuration files, and also the
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168 default certificate and key store. Defaults are:
169
667c6bfe 170 Unix: /usr/local/ssl
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171 Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL
172 or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SSL
667c6bfe 173 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-COMMON]
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175 --prefix=DIR
176 The top of the installation directory tree. Defaults are:
177
178 Unix: /usr/local
179 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL
180 or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
181 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version']
182
183 --release
184 Build OpenSSL without debugging symbols. This is the default.
185
186 --strict-warnings
187 This is a developer flag that switches on various compiler
188 options recommended for OpenSSL development. It only works
189 when using gcc or clang as the compiler. If you are
190 developing a patch for OpenSSL then it is recommended that
191 you use this option where possible.
192
193 --with-zlib-include=DIR
194 The directory for the location of the zlib include file. This
195 option is only necessary if enable-zlib (see below) is used
196 and the include file is not already on the system include
197 path.
198
199 --with-zlib-lib=LIB
200 On Unix: this is the directory containing the zlib library.
201 If not provided the system library path will be used.
202 On Windows: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
203 without a path). This flag must be provided if the
204 zlib-dynamic option is not also used. If zlib-dynamic is used
205 then this flag is optional and a default value ("ZLIB1") is
206 used if not provided.
207 On VMS: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
208 without a path). This flag is optional and if not provided
209 then "GNV$LIBZSHR", "GNV$LIBZSHR32" or "GNV$LIBZSHR64" is
210 used by default depending on the pointer size chosen.
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212 no-afalgeng
213 Don't build the AFALG engine. This option will be forced if
214 on a platform that does not support AFALG.
215
fa28bfd6 216 enable-asan
f430ba31 217 Build with the Address sanitiser. This is a developer option
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218 only. It may not work on all platforms and should never be
219 used in production environments. It will only work when used
220 with gcc or clang and should be used in conjunction with the
221 no-shared option.
222
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224 Do not use assembler code. On some platforms a small amount
225 of assembler code may still be used.
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227 no-async
228 Do not build support for async operations.
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230 no-autoalginit
231 Don't automatically load all supported ciphers and digests.
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232 Typically OpenSSL will make available all of its supported
233 ciphers and digests. For a statically linked application this
234 may be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
235 This only affects libcrypto. Ciphers and digests will have to
236 be loaded manually using EVP_add_cipher() and
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237 EVP_add_digest() if this option is used. This option will
238 force a non-shared build.
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240 no-autoerrinit
241 Don't automatically load all libcrypto/libssl error strings.
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242 Typically OpenSSL will automatically load human readable
243 error strings. For a statically linked application this may
244 be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
245
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247 no-capieng
248 Don't build the CAPI engine. This option will be forced if
249 on a platform that does not support CAPI.
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251 no-cms
252 Don't build support for CMS features
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254 no-comp
255 Don't build support for SSL/TLS compression. If this option
256 is left enabled (the default), then compression will only
257 work if the zlib or zlib-dynamic options are also chosen.
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259 enable-crypto-mdebug
260 Build support for debugging memory allocated via
261 OPENSSL_malloc() or OPENSSL_zalloc().
262
263 enable-crypto-mdebug-backtrace
264 As for crypto-mdebug, but additionally provide backtrace
265 information for allocated memory.
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266 TO BE USED WITH CARE: this uses GNU C functionality, and
267 is therefore not usable for non-GNU config targets. If
268 your build complains about the use of '-rdynamic' or the
269 lack of header file execinfo.h, this option is not for you.
270 ALSO NOTE that even though execinfo.h is available on your
271 system (through Gnulib), the functions might just be stubs
272 that do nothing.
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274 no-ct
275 Don't build support for Certificate Transparency.
276
277 no-deprecated
278 Don't build with support for any deprecated APIs. This is the
279 same as using "--api" and supplying the latest version
280 number.
281
282 no-dgram
283 Don't build support for datagram based BIOs. Selecting this
284 option will also force the disabling of DTLS.
285
286 no-dso
287 Don't build support for loading Dynamic Shared Objects.
288
289 no-dynamic-engine
290 Don't build the dynamically loaded engines. This only has an
291 effect in a "shared" build
292
293 no-ec
294 Don't build support for Elliptic Curves.
295
296 no-ec2m
297 Don't build support for binary Elliptic Curves
298
299 enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128
300 Enable support for optimised implementations of some commonly
301 used NIST elliptic curves. This is only supported on some
302 platforms.
303
304 enable-egd
305 Build support for gathering entropy from EGD (Entropy
306 Gathering Daemon).
307
308 no-engine
309 Don't build support for loading engines.
310
311 no-err
312 Don't compile in any error strings.
313
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314 enable-external-tests
315 Enable building of integration with external test suites.
316 This is a developer option and may not work on all platforms.
317 The only supported external test suite at the current time is
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318 the BoringSSL test suite. See the file test/README.external
319 for further details.
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321 no-filenames
322 Don't compile in filename and line number information (e.g.
323 for errors and memory allocation).
324
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325 enable-fuzz-libfuzzer, enable-fuzz-afl
326 Build with support for fuzzing using either libfuzzer or AFL.
327 These are developer options only. They may not work on all
328 platforms and should never be used in production environments.
329 See the file fuzz/README.md for further details.
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331 no-gost
332 Don't build support for GOST based ciphersuites. Note that
333 if this feature is enabled then GOST ciphersuites are only
334 available if the GOST algorithms are also available through
335 loading an externally supplied engine.
336
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337 no-hw-padlock
338 Don't build the padlock engine.
339
340 no-makedepend
05328815 341 Don't generate dependencies.
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343 no-multiblock
344 Don't build support for writing multiple records in one
345 go in libssl (Note: this is a different capability to the
346 pipelining functionality).
347
348 no-nextprotoneg
349 Don't build support for the NPN TLS extension.
350
351 no-ocsp
352 Don't build support for OCSP.
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354 no-pic
355 Don't build with support for Position Independent Code.
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357 no-posix-io
358 Don't use POSIX IO capabilities.
359
360 no-psk
361 Don't build support for Pre-Shared Key based ciphersuites.
362
363 no-rdrand
364 Don't use hardware RDRAND capabilities.
365
366 no-rfc3779
367 Don't build support for RFC3779 ("X.509 Extensions for IP
368 Addresses and AS Identifiers")
369
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370 sctp
371 Build support for SCTP
372
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373 no-shared
374 Do not create shared libraries, only static ones. See "Note
375 on shared libraries" below.
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377 no-sock
378 Don't build support for socket BIOs
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380 no-srp
381 Don't build support for SRP or SRP based ciphersuites.
382
383 no-srtp
384 Don't build SRTP support
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387 Exclude SSE2 code paths from 32-bit x86 assembly modules.
388 Normally SSE2 extension is detected at run-time, but the
389 decision whether or not the machine code will be executed
390 is taken solely on CPU capability vector. This means that
391 if you happen to run OS kernel which does not support SSE2
392 extension on Intel P4 processor, then your application
393 might be exposed to "illegal instruction" exception.
394 There might be a way to enable support in kernel, e.g.
395 FreeBSD kernel can be compiled with CPU_ENABLE_SSE, and
396 there is a way to disengage SSE2 code paths upon application
397 start-up, but if you aim for wider "audience" running
398 such kernel, consider no-sse2. Both the 386 and
399 no-asm options imply no-sse2.
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401 enable-ssl-trace
402 Build with the SSL Trace capabilities (adds the "-trace"
403 option to s_client and s_server).
404
405 no-static-engine
406 Don't build the statically linked engines. This only
407 has an impact when not built "shared".
408
409 no-stdio
410 Don't use any C "stdio" features. Only libcrypto and libssl
411 can be built in this way. Using this option will suppress
412 building the command line applications. Additionally since
413 the OpenSSL tests also use the command line applications the
414 tests will also be skipped.
415
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416 no-tests
417 Don't build test programs or run any test.
418
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419 no-threads
420 Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
421 applications.
422
423 threads
424 Build with support for multi-threaded applications. Most
425 platforms will enable this by default. However if on a
426 platform where this is not the case then this will usually
427 require additional system-dependent options! See "Note on
428 multi-threading" below.
429
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430 enable-tls13downgrade
431 TODO(TLS1.3): Make this enabled by default and remove the
432 option when TLSv1.3 is out of draft
433 TLSv1.3 offers a downgrade protection mechanism. This is
434 implemented but disabled by default. It should not typically
435 be enabled except for testing purposes. Otherwise this could
436 cause problems if a pre-RFC version of OpenSSL talks to an
437 RFC implementation (it will erroneously be detected as a
438 downgrade).
439
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440 no-ts
441 Don't build Time Stamping Authority support.
442
fa28bfd6 443 enable-ubsan
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445 developer option only. It may not work on all platforms and
446 should never be used in production environments. It will only
447 work when used with gcc or clang and should be used in
448 conjunction with the "-DPEDANTIC" option (or the
449 --strict-warnings option).
450
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451 no-ui
452 Don't build with the "UI" capability (i.e. the set of
453 features enabling text based prompts).
454
455 enable-unit-test
456 Enable additional unit test APIs. This should not typically
457 be used in production deployments.
458
459 enable-weak-ssl-ciphers
460 Build support for SSL/TLS ciphers that are considered "weak"
461 (e.g. RC4 based ciphersuites).
462
463 zlib
464 Build with support for zlib compression/decompression.
465
466 zlib-dynamic
467 Like "zlib", but has OpenSSL load the zlib library
468 dynamically when needed. This is only supported on systems
469 where loading of shared libraries is supported.
470
471 386
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472 In 32-bit x86 builds, when generating assembly modules,
473 use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code
474 is more efficient, but requires at least a 486). Note:
475 This doesn't affect code generated by compiler, you're
476 likely to complement configuration command line with
477 suitable compiler-specific option.
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479 enable-tls1_3
480 TODO(TLS1.3): Make this enabled by default
481 Build support for TLS1.3. Note: This is a WIP feature and
482 does not currently interoperate with other TLS1.3
483 implementations! Use with caution!!
484
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485 no-<prot>
486 Don't build support for negotiating the specified SSL/TLS
487 protocol (one of ssl, ssl3, tls, tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2, dtls,
488 dtls1 or dtls1_2). If "no-tls" is selected then all of tls1,
489 tls1_1 and tls1_2 are disabled. Similarly "no-dtls" will
490 disable dtls1 and dtls1_2. The "no-ssl" option is synonymous
491 with "no-ssl3". Note this only affects version negotiation.
492 OpenSSL will still provide the methods for applications to
493 explicitly select the individual protocol versions.
494
495 no-<prot>-method
496 As for no-<prot> but in addition do not build the methods for
497 applications to explicitly select individual protocol
498 versions.
499
500 enable-<alg>
501 Build with support for the specified algorithm, where <alg>
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504 no-<alg>
505 Build without support for the specified algorithm, where
506 <alg> is one of: bf, blake2, camellia, cast, chacha, cmac,
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508 rc2, rc4, rmd160, scrypt, seed, siphash or whirlpool. The
509 "ripemd" algorithm is deprecated and if used is synonymous
510 with rmd160.
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512 -Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -mXXX, -Kxxx
513 These system specific options will be passed through to the
514 compiler to allow you to define preprocessor symbols, specify
515 additional libraries, library directories or other compiler
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516 options. It might be worth noting that some compilers
517 generate code specifically for processor the compiler
518 currently executes on. This is not necessarily what you might
519 have in mind, since it might be unsuitable for execution on
520 other, typically older, processor. Consult your compiler
521 documentation.
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524 Installation in Detail
525 ----------------------
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4109b97c 527 1a. Configure OpenSSL for your operation system automatically:
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529 NOTE: This is not available on Windows.
530
ea24fe29 531 $ ./config [[ options ]] # Unix
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533 or
534
ea24fe29 535 $ @config [[ options ]] ! OpenVMS
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537 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
538 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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4109b97c 540 This guesses at your operating system (and compiler, if necessary) and
b1fe6b43 541 configures OpenSSL based on this guess. Run ./config -t to see
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542 if it guessed correctly. If you want to use a different compiler, you
543 are cross-compiling for another platform, or the ./config guess was
544 wrong for other reasons, go to step 1b. Otherwise go to step 2.
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547
ea24fe29 548 $ ./config -d [[ options ]]
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c9f06e7f 550 1b. Configure OpenSSL for your operating system manually
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552 OpenSSL knows about a range of different operating system, hardware and
553 compiler combinations. To see the ones it knows about, run
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555 $ ./Configure # Unix
556
557 or
558
559 $ perl Configure # All other platforms
560
561 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
562 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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564 Pick a suitable name from the list that matches your system. For most
565 operating systems there is a choice between using "cc" or "gcc". When
566 you have identified your system (and if necessary compiler) use this name
2acd8ec7 567 as the argument to Configure. For example, a "linux-elf" user would
4109b97c 568 run:
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ea24fe29 570 $ ./Configure linux-elf [[ options ]]
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5bb9e2b4 572 If your system isn't listed, you will have to create a configuration
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574 configuration for your system. See the available configs as examples
575 and read Configurations/README and Configurations/README.design for
576 more information.
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578 The generic configurations "cc" or "gcc" should usually work on 32 bit
579 Unix-like systems.
580
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581 Configure creates a build file ("Makefile" on Unix, "makefile" on Windows
582 and "descrip.mms" on OpenVMS) from a suitable template in Configurations,
583 and defines various macros in include/openssl/opensslconf.h (generated from
584 include/openssl/opensslconf.h.in).
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586 1c. Configure OpenSSL for building outside of the source tree.
587
588 OpenSSL can be configured to build in a build directory separate from
589 the directory with the source code. It's done by placing yourself in
590 some other directory and invoking the configuration commands from
591 there.
592
593 Unix example:
594
595 $ mkdir /var/tmp/openssl-build
596 $ cd /var/tmp/openssl-build
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599 or
600
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603 OpenVMS example:
604
605 $ set default sys$login:
606 $ create/dir [.tmp.openssl-build]
607 $ set default [.tmp.openssl-build]
ea24fe29 608 $ @[PATH.TO.OPENSSL.SOURCE]config [[ options ]]
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610 or
611
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614 Windows example:
615
616 $ C:
617 $ mkdir \temp-openssl
618 $ cd \temp-openssl
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621 Paths can be relative just as well as absolute. Configure will
622 do its best to translate them to relative paths whenever possible.
623
462ba4f6 624 2. Build OpenSSL by running:
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626 $ make # Unix
627 $ mms ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
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630 This will build the OpenSSL libraries (libcrypto.a and libssl.a on
631 Unix, corresponding on other platforms) and the OpenSSL binary
632 ("openssl"). The libraries will be built in the top-level directory,
633 and the binary will be in the "apps" subdirectory.
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635 If the build fails, look at the output. There may be reasons
636 for the failure that aren't problems in OpenSSL itself (like
637 missing standard headers). If you are having problems you can
638 get help by sending an email to the openssl-users email list (see
639 https://www.openssl.org/community/mailinglists.html for details). If
640 it is a bug with OpenSSL itself, please open an issue on GitHub, at
641 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues. Please review the existing
642 ones first; maybe the bug was already reported or has already been
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646 configuration option as an immediate fix.)
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649 compiler will result in unresolved symbols on some systems.
650
462ba4f6 651 3. After a successful build, the libraries should be tested. Run:
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654 $ mms test ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 655 $ nmake test # Windows
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6616429d 657 NOTE: you MUST run the tests from an unprivileged account (or
f430ba31 658 disable your privileges temporarily if your platform allows it).
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660 If some tests fail, look at the output. There may be reasons for
661 the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like a
662 malfunction with Perl). You may want increased verbosity, that
663 can be accomplished like this:
664
be6bdab6 665 $ make VERBOSE=1 test # Unix
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e8173157 667 $ mms /macro=(VERBOSE=1) test ! OpenVMS
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be6bdab6 669 $ nmake VERBOSE=1 test # Windows
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671 If you want to run just one or a few specific tests, you can use
672 the make variable TESTS to specify them, like this:
673
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675 $ mms/macro="TESTS=test_rsa test_dsa" test ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 676 $ nmake TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test # Windows
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2acd8ec7 678 And of course, you can combine (Unix example shown):
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be6bdab6 680 $ make VERBOSE=1 TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test
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682 You can find the list of available tests like this:
683
2acd8ec7 684 $ make list-tests # Unix
5bb9e2b4 685 $ mms list-tests ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 686 $ nmake list-tests # Windows
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689 see what other HARNESS_* variables there are.
690
2e996acf 691 If you find a problem with OpenSSL itself, try removing any
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692 compiler optimization flags from the CFLAGS line in Makefile and
693 run "make clean; make" or corresponding.
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fa28bfd6 695 Please send bug reports to <rt@openssl.org>.
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698 see section TESTS in Detail below.
699
462ba4f6 700 4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with
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703 $ mms install ! OpenVMS
fa28bfd6 704 $ nmake install # Windows
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706 This will install all the software components in this directory
707 tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its
708 default):
709
710 Unix:
711
712 bin/ Contains the openssl binary and a few other
713 utility scripts.
714 include/openssl
715 Contains the header files needed if you want
716 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
717 or libssl.
718 lib Contains the OpenSSL library files.
719 lib/engines Contains the OpenSSL dynamically loadable engines.
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721 share/man/man1 Contains the OpenSSL command line man-pages.
722 share/man/man3 Contains the OpenSSL library calls man-pages.
723 share/man/man5 Contains the OpenSSL configuration format man-pages.
724 share/man/man7 Contains the OpenSSL other misc man-pages.
725
726 share/doc/openssl/html/man1
727 share/doc/openssl/html/man3
728 share/doc/openssl/html/man5
729 share/doc/openssl/html/man7
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731
732 OpenVMS ('arch' is replaced with the architecture name, "Alpha"
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734 (0101 for 1.1), and 'pz' is replaced with the pointer size
735 OpenSSL was built with):
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738 [.EXE] Contains a few utility scripts.
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740 Contains the header files needed if you want
741 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
742 or libssl.
743 [.LIB.'arch'] Contains the OpenSSL library files.
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746 [.SYS$STARTUP] Contains startup, login and shutdown scripts.
747 These define appropriate logical names and
748 command symbols.
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750 [.HTML] Contains the HTML rendition of the manual pages.
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752
753 Additionally, install will add the following directories under
754 OPENSSLDIR (the directory given with --openssldir or its default)
755 for you convenience:
756
757 certs Initially empty, this is the default location
758 for certificate files.
759 private Initially empty, this is the default location
760 for private key files.
761 misc Various scripts.
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764 locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
765 it can easily be packaged, can use
766
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768 $ mms/macro="DESTDIR=TMP:[PACKAGE-ROOT]" install ! OpenVMS
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3c65577f 770 The specified destination directory will be prepended to all
2acd8ec7 771 installation target paths.
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2acd8ec7 773 Compatibility issues with previous OpenSSL versions:
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775 * COMPILING existing applications
776
fa28bfd6 777 OpenSSL 1.1.0 hides a number of structures that were previously
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778 open. This includes all internal libssl structures and a number
779 of EVP types. Accessor functions have been added to allow
780 controlled access to the structures' data.
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782 This means that some software needs to be rewritten to adapt to
783 the new ways of doing things. This often amounts to allocating
784 an instance of a structure explicitly where you could previously
785 allocate them on the stack as automatic variables, and using the
786 provided accessor functions where you would previously access a
787 structure's field directly.
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790 preserved when possible.
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793 ---------------------
794
795 A number of environment variables can be used to provide additional control
796 over the build process. Typically these should be defined prior to running
797 config or Configure. Not all environment variables are relevant to all
798 platforms.
799
800 AR
801 The name of the ar executable to use.
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804 Use a different build file name than the platform default
805 ("Makefile" on Unixly platforms, "makefile" on native Windows,
806 "descrip.mms" on OpenVMS). This requires that there is a
807 corresponding build file template. See Configurations/README
808 for further information.
809
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811 The compiler to use. Configure will attempt to pick a default
812 compiler for your platform but this choice can be overridden
813 using this variable. Set it to the compiler executable you wish
814 to use, e.g. "gcc" or "clang".
815
816 CROSS_COMPILE
817 This environment variable has the same meaning as for the
818 "--cross-compile-prefix" Configure flag described above. If both
819 are set then the Configure flag takes precedence.
820
821 NM
822 The name of the nm executable to use.
823
824 OPENSSL_LOCAL_CONFIG_DIR
825 OpenSSL comes with a database of information about how it
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827 templates for those platforms. The database is comprised of
828 ".conf" files in the Configurations directory. The build
829 file templates reside there as well as ".tmpl" files. See the
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832 files.
833 In addition to the standard ".conf" and ".tmpl" files, it is
834 possible to create your own ".conf" and ".tmpl" files and store
835 them locally, outside the OpenSSL source tree. This environment
836 variable can be set to the directory where these files are held
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838 standard directories.
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840 PERL
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843 other hand imposes the interpreter by which it itself was
844 executed on the whole build procedure.
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846 HASHBANGPERL
847 The command string for the Perl executable to insert in the
848 #! line of perl scripts that will be publically installed.
849 Default: /usr/bin/env perl
850 Note: the value of this variable is added to the same scripts
851 on all platforms, but it's only relevant on Unix-like platforms.
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853 RC
854 The name of the rc executable to use. The default will be as
855 defined for the target platform in the ".conf" file. If not
856 defined then "windres" will be used. The WINDRES environment
857 variable is synonymous to this. If both are defined then RC
858 takes precedence.
859
860 RANLIB
861 The name of the ranlib executable to use.
862
863 WINDRES
864 See RC.
865
866 Makefile targets
867 ----------------
868
869 The Configure script generates a Makefile in a format relevant to the specific
870 platform. The Makefiles provide a number of targets that can be used. Not all
871 targets may be available on all platforms. Only the most common targets are
872 described here. Examine the Makefiles themselves for the full list.
873
874 all
875 The default target to build all the software components.
876
877 clean
878 Remove all build artefacts and return the directory to a "clean"
879 state.
880
881 depend
882 Rebuild the dependencies in the Makefiles. This is a legacy
883 option that no longer needs to be used in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
884
885 install
886 Install all OpenSSL components.
887
888 install_sw
889 Only install the OpenSSL software components.
890
891 install_docs
892 Only install the OpenSSL documentation components.
893
894 install_man_docs
895 Only install the OpenSSL man pages (Unix only).
896
897 install_html_docs
898 Only install the OpenSSL html documentation.
899
900 list-tests
901 Prints a list of all the self test names.
902
903 test
904 Build and run the OpenSSL self tests.
905
906 uninstall
907 Uninstall all OpenSSL components.
908
909 update
910 This is a developer option. If you are developing a patch for
911 OpenSSL you may need to use this if you want to update
912 automatically generated files; add new error codes or add new
913 (or change the visibility of) public API functions. (Unix only).
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916 ---------------
917
918 The make variable TESTS supports a versatile set of space separated tokens
919 with which you can specify a set of tests to be performed. With a "current
920 set of tests" in mind, initially being empty, here are the possible tokens:
921
922 alltests The current set of tests becomes the whole set of available
923 tests (as listed when you do 'make list-tests' or similar).
924 xxx Adds the test 'xxx' to the current set of tests.
925 -xxx Removes 'xxx' from the current set of tests. If this is the
926 first token in the list, the current set of tests is first
927 assigned the whole set of available tests, effectively making
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929 nn Adds the test group 'nn' (which is a number) to the current
930 set of tests.
931 -nn Removes the test group 'nn' from the current set of tests.
932 If this is the first token in the list, the current set of
933 tests is first assigned the whole set of available tests,
934 effectively making this token equivalent to
935 TESTS="alltests -xxx".
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937 Also, all tokens except for "alltests" may have wildcards, such as *.
938 (on Unix and Windows, BSD style wildcards are supported, while on VMS,
939 it's VMS style wildcards)
940
941 Example: All tests except for the fuzz tests:
942
943 $ make TESTS=-test_fuzz test
944
945 or (if you want to be explicit)
946
947 $ make TESTS='alltests -test_fuzz' test
948
949 Example: All tests that have a name starting with "test_ssl" but not those
950 starting with "test_ssl_":
951
952 $ make TESTS='test_ssl* -test_ssl_*' test
953
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955
956 $ make TESTS='10'
957
958 Example: All tests except the slow group (group 99):
959
960 $ make TESTS='-99'
961
962 Example: All tests in test groups 80 to 99 except for tests in group 90:
963
964 $ make TESTS='[89]? -90'
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967 -----------------------
968
969 For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what compiler options
970 are needed to generate a library that is suitable for multi-threaded
971 applications. On these systems, support for multi-threading is enabled
972 by default; use the "no-threads" option to disable (this should never be
973 necessary).
974
975 On other systems, to enable support for multi-threading, you will have
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978 case, obviously, is not to include support for multi-threading (but
979 you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message
980 from the Configure script.)
981
35d8fa56 982 OpenSSL provides built-in support for two threading models: pthreads (found on
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984 supported. If your platform does not provide pthreads or Windows threads then
985 you should Configure with the "no-threads" option.
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988 -------------------------
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991 build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems
992 the shared libraries will be created by default. This can be suppressed and
993 only static libraries created by using the "no-shared" option. On systems
994 where OpenSSL does not know how to build shared libraries the "no-shared"
995 option will be forced and only static libraries will be created.
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998 One way or another, they all have the major OpenSSL version number as
999 part of the file name, i.e. for OpenSSL 1.1.x, 1.1 is somehow part of
1000 the name.
1001
1002 On most POSIXly platforms, shared libraries are named libcrypto.so.1.1
1003 and libssl.so.1.1.
1004
1005 on Cygwin, shared libraries are named cygcrypto-1.1.dll and cygssl-1.1.dll
1006 with import libraries libcrypto.dll.a and libssl.dll.a.
1007
1008 On Windows build with MSVC or using MingW, shared libraries are named
1009 libcrypto-1_1.dll and libssl-1_1.dll for 32-bit Windows, libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
1010 and libssl-1_1-x64.dll for 64-bit x86_64 Windows, and libcrypto-1_1-ia64.dll
1011 and libssl-1_1-ia64.dll for IA64 Windows. With MSVC, the import libraries
1012 are named libcrypto.lib and libssl.lib, while with MingW, they are named
b77b6127 1013 libcrypto.dll.a and libssl.dll.a.
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1015 On VMS, shareable images (VMS speak for shared libraries) are named
1016 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr.exe. However, when
1017 OpenSSL is specifically built for 32-bit pointers, the shareable images
1018 are named ossl$libcrypto0101_shr32.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr32.exe
1019 instead, and when built for 64-bit pointers, they are named
1020 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr64.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr64.exe.
1021
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1024
1025 Availability of cryptographically secure random numbers is required for
1026 secret key generation. OpenSSL provides several options to seed the
1027 internal PRNG. If not properly seeded, the internal PRNG will refuse
1028 to deliver random bytes and a "PRNG not seeded error" will occur.
1029 On systems without /dev/urandom (or similar) device, it may be necessary
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1032 and the FAQ for more information.
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