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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
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253 enable-ktls
254 Build with Kernel TLS support. This option will enable the
255 use of the Kernel TLS data-path, which can improve
256 performance and allow for the use of sendfile and splice
257 system calls on TLS sockets. The Kernel may use TLS
258 accelerators if any are available on the system.
259 This option will be forced off on systems that do not support
260 the Kernel TLS data-path.
261
fa28bfd6 262 enable-asan
f430ba31 263 Build with the Address sanitiser. This is a developer option
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264 only. It may not work on all platforms and should never be
265 used in production environments. It will only work when used
266 with gcc or clang and should be used in conjunction with the
267 no-shared option.
268
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270 Do not use assembler code. This should be viewed as
271 debugging/trouble-shooting option rather than production.
272 On some platforms a small amount of assembler code may
273 still be used even with this option.
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275 no-async
276 Do not build support for async operations.
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278 no-autoalginit
279 Don't automatically load all supported ciphers and digests.
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280 Typically OpenSSL will make available all of its supported
281 ciphers and digests. For a statically linked application this
282 may be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
283 This only affects libcrypto. Ciphers and digests will have to
284 be loaded manually using EVP_add_cipher() and
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285 EVP_add_digest() if this option is used. This option will
286 force a non-shared build.
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288 no-autoerrinit
289 Don't automatically load all libcrypto/libssl error strings.
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290 Typically OpenSSL will automatically load human readable
291 error strings. For a statically linked application this may
292 be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
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294 no-autoload-config
295 Don't automatically load the default openssl.cnf file.
296 Typically OpenSSL will automatically load a system config
297 file which configures default ssl options.
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299 enable-buildtest-c++
300 While testing, generate C++ buildtest files that
301 simply check that the public OpenSSL header files
302 are usable standalone with C++.
303
304 Enabling this option demands extra care. For any
305 compiler flag given directly as configuration
306 option, you must ensure that it's valid for both
307 the C and the C++ compiler. If not, the C++ build
308 test will most likely break. As an alternative,
309 you can use the language specific variables, CFLAGS
284d19c2 310 and CXXFLAGS.
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312 no-capieng
313 Don't build the CAPI engine. This option will be forced if
314 on a platform that does not support CAPI.
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316 no-cms
317 Don't build support for CMS features
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319 no-comp
320 Don't build support for SSL/TLS compression. If this option
321 is left enabled (the default), then compression will only
322 work if the zlib or zlib-dynamic options are also chosen.
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324 enable-crypto-mdebug
325 Build support for debugging memory allocated via
326 OPENSSL_malloc() or OPENSSL_zalloc().
327
328 enable-crypto-mdebug-backtrace
329 As for crypto-mdebug, but additionally provide backtrace
330 information for allocated memory.
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331 TO BE USED WITH CARE: this uses GNU C functionality, and
332 is therefore not usable for non-GNU config targets. If
333 your build complains about the use of '-rdynamic' or the
334 lack of header file execinfo.h, this option is not for you.
335 ALSO NOTE that even though execinfo.h is available on your
336 system (through Gnulib), the functions might just be stubs
337 that do nothing.
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339 no-ct
340 Don't build support for Certificate Transparency.
341
342 no-deprecated
343 Don't build with support for any deprecated APIs. This is the
344 same as using "--api" and supplying the latest version
345 number.
346
347 no-dgram
348 Don't build support for datagram based BIOs. Selecting this
349 option will also force the disabling of DTLS.
350
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351 enable-devcryptoeng
352 Build the /dev/crypto engine. It is automatically selected
353 on BSD implementations, in which case it can be disabled with
354 no-devcryptoeng.
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356 no-dso
357 Don't build support for loading Dynamic Shared Objects.
358
359 no-dynamic-engine
360 Don't build the dynamically loaded engines. This only has an
361 effect in a "shared" build
362
363 no-ec
364 Don't build support for Elliptic Curves.
365
366 no-ec2m
367 Don't build support for binary Elliptic Curves
368
369 enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128
370 Enable support for optimised implementations of some commonly
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371 used NIST elliptic curves.
372 This is only supported on platforms:
373 - with little-endian storage of non-byte types
374 - that tolerate misaligned memory references
375 - where the compiler:
376 - supports the non-standard type __uint128_t
377 - defines the built-in macro __SIZEOF_INT128__
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379 enable-egd
380 Build support for gathering entropy from EGD (Entropy
381 Gathering Daemon).
382
383 no-engine
384 Don't build support for loading engines.
385
386 no-err
387 Don't compile in any error strings.
388
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389 enable-external-tests
390 Enable building of integration with external test suites.
391 This is a developer option and may not work on all platforms.
392 The only supported external test suite at the current time is
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393 the BoringSSL test suite. See the file test/README.external
394 for further details.
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396 no-filenames
397 Don't compile in filename and line number information (e.g.
398 for errors and memory allocation).
399
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400 enable-fuzz-libfuzzer, enable-fuzz-afl
401 Build with support for fuzzing using either libfuzzer or AFL.
402 These are developer options only. They may not work on all
403 platforms and should never be used in production environments.
404 See the file fuzz/README.md for further details.
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406 no-gost
407 Don't build support for GOST based ciphersuites. Note that
408 if this feature is enabled then GOST ciphersuites are only
409 available if the GOST algorithms are also available through
410 loading an externally supplied engine.
411
ecabf05e 412 no-makedepend
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414
415 no-multiblock
416 Don't build support for writing multiple records in one
417 go in libssl (Note: this is a different capability to the
418 pipelining functionality).
419
420 no-nextprotoneg
421 Don't build support for the NPN TLS extension.
422
423 no-ocsp
424 Don't build support for OCSP.
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426 no-padlockeng
427 no-hw-padlock
428 Don't build the padlock engine.
429 ('no-hw-padlock' is deprecated and should not be used)
430
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431 no-pic
432 Don't build with support for Position Independent Code.
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434 no-pinshared By default OpenSSL will attempt to stay in memory until the
435 process exits. This is so that libcrypto and libssl can be
436 properly cleaned up automatically via an "atexit()" handler.
437 The handler is registered by libcrypto and cleans up both
438 libraries. On some platforms the atexit() handler will run on
439 unload of libcrypto (if it has been dynamically loaded)
440 rather than at process exit. This option can be used to stop
441 OpenSSL from attempting to stay in memory until the process
442 exits. This could lead to crashes if either libcrypto or
443 libssl have already been unloaded at the point
444 that the atexit handler is invoked, e.g. on a platform which
445 calls atexit() on unload of the library, and libssl is
446 unloaded before libcrypto then a crash is likely to happen.
447 Applications can suppress running of the atexit() handler at
448 run time by using the OPENSSL_INIT_NO_ATEXIT option to
449 OPENSSL_init_crypto(). See the man page for it for further
450 details.
451
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452 no-posix-io
453 Don't use POSIX IO capabilities.
454
455 no-psk
456 Don't build support for Pre-Shared Key based ciphersuites.
457
458 no-rdrand
459 Don't use hardware RDRAND capabilities.
460
461 no-rfc3779
462 Don't build support for RFC3779 ("X.509 Extensions for IP
463 Addresses and AS Identifiers")
464
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465 sctp
466 Build support for SCTP
467
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468 no-shared
469 Do not create shared libraries, only static ones. See "Note
470 on shared libraries" below.
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472 no-sock
473 Don't build support for socket BIOs
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475 no-srp
476 Don't build support for SRP or SRP based ciphersuites.
477
478 no-srtp
479 Don't build SRTP support
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482 Exclude SSE2 code paths from 32-bit x86 assembly modules.
483 Normally SSE2 extension is detected at run-time, but the
484 decision whether or not the machine code will be executed
485 is taken solely on CPU capability vector. This means that
486 if you happen to run OS kernel which does not support SSE2
487 extension on Intel P4 processor, then your application
488 might be exposed to "illegal instruction" exception.
489 There might be a way to enable support in kernel, e.g.
490 FreeBSD kernel can be compiled with CPU_ENABLE_SSE, and
491 there is a way to disengage SSE2 code paths upon application
492 start-up, but if you aim for wider "audience" running
493 such kernel, consider no-sse2. Both the 386 and
494 no-asm options imply no-sse2.
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496 enable-ssl-trace
497 Build with the SSL Trace capabilities (adds the "-trace"
498 option to s_client and s_server).
499
500 no-static-engine
501 Don't build the statically linked engines. This only
502 has an impact when not built "shared".
503
504 no-stdio
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505 Don't use anything from the C header file "stdio.h" that
506 makes use of the "FILE" type. Only libcrypto and libssl can
507 be built in this way. Using this option will suppress
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508 building the command line applications. Additionally since
509 the OpenSSL tests also use the command line applications the
510 tests will also be skipped.
511
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512 no-tests
513 Don't build test programs or run any test.
514
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515 no-threads
516 Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
517 applications.
518
519 threads
520 Build with support for multi-threaded applications. Most
521 platforms will enable this by default. However if on a
522 platform where this is not the case then this will usually
523 require additional system-dependent options! See "Note on
524 multi-threading" below.
525
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526 enable-trace
527 Build with support for the integrated tracing api. See manual pages
528 OSSL_trace_set_channel(3) and OSSL_trace_enabled(3) for details.
529
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530 no-ts
531 Don't build Time Stamping Authority support.
532
fa28bfd6 533 enable-ubsan
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535 developer option only. It may not work on all platforms and
536 should never be used in production environments. It will only
537 work when used with gcc or clang and should be used in
538 conjunction with the "-DPEDANTIC" option (or the
539 --strict-warnings option).
540
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541 no-ui
542 Don't build with the "UI" capability (i.e. the set of
543 features enabling text based prompts).
544
545 enable-unit-test
546 Enable additional unit test APIs. This should not typically
547 be used in production deployments.
548
549 enable-weak-ssl-ciphers
550 Build support for SSL/TLS ciphers that are considered "weak"
551 (e.g. RC4 based ciphersuites).
552
553 zlib
554 Build with support for zlib compression/decompression.
555
556 zlib-dynamic
557 Like "zlib", but has OpenSSL load the zlib library
558 dynamically when needed. This is only supported on systems
559 where loading of shared libraries is supported.
560
561 386
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562 In 32-bit x86 builds, when generating assembly modules,
563 use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code
564 is more efficient, but requires at least a 486). Note:
565 This doesn't affect code generated by compiler, you're
566 likely to complement configuration command line with
567 suitable compiler-specific option.
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569 no-<prot>
570 Don't build support for negotiating the specified SSL/TLS
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571 protocol (one of ssl, ssl3, tls, tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2,
572 tls1_3, dtls, dtls1 or dtls1_2). If "no-tls" is selected then
573 all of tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2 and tls1_3 are disabled.
574 Similarly "no-dtls" will disable dtls1 and dtls1_2. The
575 "no-ssl" option is synonymous with "no-ssl3". Note this only
576 affects version negotiation. OpenSSL will still provide the
577 methods for applications to explicitly select the individual
578 protocol versions.
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580 no-<prot>-method
581 As for no-<prot> but in addition do not build the methods for
582 applications to explicitly select individual protocol
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583 versions. Note that there is no "no-tls1_3-method" option
584 because there is no application method for TLSv1.3. Using
034d55cd 585 individual protocol methods directly is deprecated.
f518cef4 586 Applications should use TLS_method() instead.
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588 enable-<alg>
589 Build with support for the specified algorithm, where <alg>
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592 no-<alg>
593 Build without support for the specified algorithm, where
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594 <alg> is one of: aria, bf, blake2, camellia, cast, chacha,
595 cmac, des, dh, dsa, ecdh, ecdsa, idea, md4, mdc2, ocb,
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596 poly1305, rc2, rc4, rmd160, scrypt, seed, siphash, siv, sm2,
597 sm3, sm4 or whirlpool. The "ripemd" algorithm is deprecated
598 and if used is synonymous with rmd160.
ecabf05e 599
5b18235a 600 -Dxxx, -Ixxx, -Wp, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -Wl, -rpath, -R, -framework, -static
a74341f9 601 These system specific options will be recognised and
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602 passed through to the compiler to allow you to define
603 preprocessor symbols, specify additional libraries, library
604 directories or other compiler options. It might be worth
605 noting that some compilers generate code specifically for
606 processor the compiler currently executes on. This is not
607 necessarily what you might have in mind, since it might be
608 unsuitable for execution on other, typically older,
609 processor. Consult your compiler documentation.
610
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611 Take note of the VAR=value documentation below and how
612 these flags interact with those variables.
613
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614 -xxx, +xxx
615 Additional options that are not otherwise recognised are
616 passed through as they are to the compiler as well. Again,
617 consult your compiler documentation.
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619 Take note of the VAR=value documentation below and how
620 these flags interact with those variables.
621
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624 work just like normal environment variable assignments,
625 but are supported on all platforms and are confined to
626 the configuration scripts only. These assignments override
627 the corresponding value in the inherited environment, if
628 there is one.
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631 can be used as an alternative to giving preprocessor,
632 compiler and linker options directly as configuration.
633 The following variables are supported:
634
635 AR The static library archiver.
636 ARFLAGS Flags for the static library archiver.
637 AS The assembler compiler.
638 ASFLAGS Flags for the assembler compiler.
639 CC The C compiler.
640 CFLAGS Flags for the C compiler.
641 CXX The C++ compiler.
642 CXXFLAGS Flags for the C++ compiler.
643 CPP The C/C++ preprocessor.
644 CPPFLAGS Flags for the C/C++ preprocessor.
645 CPPDEFINES List of CPP macro definitions, separated
646 by a platform specific character (':' or
647 space for Unix, ';' for Windows, ',' for
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649 -D (or what corresponds to that on your
650 compiler) in CPPFLAGS.
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652 the same way as for CPPDEFINES. This can
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654 to that on your compiler) in CPPFLAGS.
5b18235a 655 HASHBANGPERL Perl invocation to be inserted after '#!'
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657 Unix).
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659 is used there).
660 LDFLAGS Flags for the shared library, DSO and
661 program linker.
662 LDLIBS Extra libraries to use when linking.
663 Takes the form of a space separated list
664 of library specifications on Unix and
665 Windows, and as a comma separated list of
666 libraries on VMS.
667 RANLIB The library archive indexer.
46d08509 668 RC The Windows resource compiler.
669 RCFLAGS Flags for the Windows resource compiler.
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671
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673 on the command line. In other words, something like this
674 isn't permitted.
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676 ./config -DFOO CPPFLAGS=-DBAR -DCOOKIE
677
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679
680 To be compatible with older configuration scripts, the
681 environment variables are ignored if compiling / linking
682 flags are given on the command line, except for these:
683
684 AR, CC, CXX, CROSS_COMPILE, HASHBANGPERL, PERL, RANLIB, RC
685 and WINDRES
686
687 For example, the following command will not see -DBAR:
688
689 CPPFLAGS=-DBAR ./config -DCOOKIE
690
691 However, the following will see both set variables:
692
693 CC=gcc CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-w64-mingw32- \
694 ./config -DCOOKIE
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697 both C and C++ compilers are in the same "family". This
698 becomes relevant with 'enable-external-tests' and
699 'enable-buildtest-c++'.
700
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702 reconfigure
703 Reconfigure from earlier data. This fetches the previous
704 command line options and environment from data saved in
705 "configdata.pm", and runs the configuration process again,
706 using these options and environment.
707 Note: NO other option is permitted together with "reconf".
708 This means that you also MUST use "./Configure" (or
709 what corresponds to that on non-Unix platforms) directly
710 to invoke this option.
711 Note: The original configuration saves away values for ALL
712 environment variables that were used, and if they weren't
713 defined, they are still saved away with information that
714 they weren't originally defined. This information takes
715 precedence over environment variables that are defined
716 when reconfiguring.
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719 -----------------------------
720
721 The configuration script itself will say very little, and finishes by
722 creating "configdata.pm". This perl module can be loaded by other scripts
723 to find all the configuration data, and it can also be used as a script to
724 display all sorts of configuration data in a human readable form.
725
726 For more information, please do:
727
728 $ ./configdata.pm --help # Unix
729
730 or
731
732 $ perl configdata.pm --help # Windows and VMS
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735 ----------------------
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4109b97c 737 1a. Configure OpenSSL for your operation system automatically:
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740
ea24fe29 741 $ ./config [[ options ]] # Unix
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743 or
744
ea24fe29 745 $ @config [[ options ]] ! OpenVMS
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747 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
748 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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4109b97c 750 This guesses at your operating system (and compiler, if necessary) and
b1fe6b43 751 configures OpenSSL based on this guess. Run ./config -t to see
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753 are cross-compiling for another platform, or the ./config guess was
754 wrong for other reasons, go to step 1b. Otherwise go to step 2.
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757
ea24fe29 758 $ ./config -d [[ options ]]
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c9f06e7f 760 1b. Configure OpenSSL for your operating system manually
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763 compiler combinations. To see the ones it knows about, run
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766
767 or
768
769 $ perl Configure # All other platforms
770
771 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
772 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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775 operating systems there is a choice between using "cc" or "gcc". When
776 you have identified your system (and if necessary compiler) use this name
2acd8ec7 777 as the argument to Configure. For example, a "linux-elf" user would
4109b97c 778 run:
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ea24fe29 780 $ ./Configure linux-elf [[ options ]]
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5bb9e2b4 782 If your system isn't listed, you will have to create a configuration
ea24fe29 783 file named Configurations/{{ something }}.conf and add the correct
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785 and read Configurations/README and Configurations/README.design for
786 more information.
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789 Unix-like systems.
790
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792 and "descrip.mms" on OpenVMS) from a suitable template in Configurations,
793 and defines various macros in include/openssl/opensslconf.h (generated from
794 include/openssl/opensslconf.h.in).
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797
798 OpenSSL can be configured to build in a build directory separate from
799 the directory with the source code. It's done by placing yourself in
800 some other directory and invoking the configuration commands from
801 there.
802
803 Unix example:
804
805 $ mkdir /var/tmp/openssl-build
806 $ cd /var/tmp/openssl-build
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809 or
810
ea24fe29 811 $ /PATH/TO/OPENSSL/SOURCE/Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
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813 OpenVMS example:
814
815 $ set default sys$login:
816 $ create/dir [.tmp.openssl-build]
817 $ set default [.tmp.openssl-build]
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820 or
821
ea24fe29 822 $ @[PATH.TO.OPENSSL.SOURCE]Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
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825
826 $ C:
827 $ mkdir \temp-openssl
828 $ cd \temp-openssl
ea24fe29 829 $ perl d:\PATH\TO\OPENSSL\SOURCE\Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
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832 do its best to translate them to relative paths whenever possible.
833
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837 $ mms ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
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841 Unix, corresponding on other platforms) and the OpenSSL binary
842 ("openssl"). The libraries will be built in the top-level directory,
843 and the binary will be in the "apps" subdirectory.
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1af66bb7 845 Troubleshooting:
846
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848 for the failure that aren't problems in OpenSSL itself (like
1af66bb7 849 missing standard headers).
850
851 If the build succeeded previously, but fails after a source or
852 configuration change, it might be helpful to clean the build tree
853 before attempting another build. Use this command:
854
855 $ make clean # Unix
856 $ mms clean ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
857 $ nmake clean # Windows
858
859 Assembler error messages can sometimes be sidestepped by using the
860 "no-asm" configuration option.
861
862 Compiling parts of OpenSSL with gcc and others with the system
863 compiler will result in unresolved symbols on some systems.
864
865 If you are still having problems you can get help by sending an email
866 to the openssl-users email list (see
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868 it is a bug with OpenSSL itself, please open an issue on GitHub, at
869 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues. Please review the existing
870 ones first; maybe the bug was already reported or has already been
d5957691 871 fixed.
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462ba4f6 873 3. After a successful build, the libraries should be tested. Run:
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876 $ mms test ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 877 $ nmake test # Windows
79e259e3 878
6616429d 879 NOTE: you MUST run the tests from an unprivileged account (or
f430ba31 880 disable your privileges temporarily if your platform allows it).
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883 the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like a
884 malfunction with Perl). You may want increased verbosity, that
885 can be accomplished like this:
886
be6bdab6 887 $ make VERBOSE=1 test # Unix
2acd8ec7 888
e8173157 889 $ mms /macro=(VERBOSE=1) test ! OpenVMS
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be6bdab6 891 $ nmake VERBOSE=1 test # Windows
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894 the make variable TESTS to specify them, like this:
895
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897 $ mms/macro="TESTS=test_rsa test_dsa" test ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 898 $ nmake TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test # Windows
2e996acf 899
2acd8ec7 900 And of course, you can combine (Unix example shown):
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904 You can find the list of available tests like this:
905
2acd8ec7 906 $ make list-tests # Unix
5bb9e2b4 907 $ mms list-tests ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 908 $ nmake list-tests # Windows
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911 see what other HARNESS_* variables there are.
912
2e996acf 913 If you find a problem with OpenSSL itself, try removing any
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915 run "make clean; make" or corresponding.
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918 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues.
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921 see section TESTS in Detail below.
922
462ba4f6 923 4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with
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926 $ mms install ! OpenVMS
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929 This will install all the software components in this directory
930 tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its
931 default):
932
933 Unix:
934
935 bin/ Contains the openssl binary and a few other
936 utility scripts.
937 include/openssl
938 Contains the header files needed if you want
939 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
940 or libssl.
941 lib Contains the OpenSSL library files.
942 lib/engines Contains the OpenSSL dynamically loadable engines.
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944 share/man/man1 Contains the OpenSSL command line man-pages.
945 share/man/man3 Contains the OpenSSL library calls man-pages.
946 share/man/man5 Contains the OpenSSL configuration format man-pages.
947 share/man/man7 Contains the OpenSSL other misc man-pages.
948
949 share/doc/openssl/html/man1
950 share/doc/openssl/html/man3
951 share/doc/openssl/html/man5
952 share/doc/openssl/html/man7
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954
955 OpenVMS ('arch' is replaced with the architecture name, "Alpha"
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957 (0101 for 1.1), and 'pz' is replaced with the pointer size
958 OpenSSL was built with):
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961 [.EXE] Contains a few utility scripts.
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963 Contains the header files needed if you want
964 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
965 or libssl.
966 [.LIB.'arch'] Contains the OpenSSL library files.
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969 [.SYS$STARTUP] Contains startup, login and shutdown scripts.
970 These define appropriate logical names and
971 command symbols.
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973 [.HTML] Contains the HTML rendition of the manual pages.
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976 Additionally, install will add the following directories under
977 OPENSSLDIR (the directory given with --openssldir or its default)
978 for you convenience:
979
980 certs Initially empty, this is the default location
981 for certificate files.
982 private Initially empty, this is the default location
983 for private key files.
984 misc Various scripts.
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987 locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
988 it can easily be packaged, can use
989
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991 $ mms/macro="DESTDIR=TMP:[PACKAGE-ROOT]" install ! OpenVMS
e5f3045f 992
3c65577f 993 The specified destination directory will be prepended to all
2acd8ec7 994 installation target paths.
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2acd8ec7 996 Compatibility issues with previous OpenSSL versions:
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998 * COMPILING existing applications
999
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1001 that were previously open. This includes all internal libssl
1002 structures and a number of EVP types. Accessor functions have
1003 been added to allow controlled access to the structures' data.
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1006 the new ways of doing things. This often amounts to allocating
1007 an instance of a structure explicitly where you could previously
1008 allocate them on the stack as automatic variables, and using the
1009 provided accessor functions where you would previously access a
1010 structure's field directly.
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1013 preserved when possible.
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1016 ---------------------
1017
1018 A number of environment variables can be used to provide additional control
1019 over the build process. Typically these should be defined prior to running
1020 config or Configure. Not all environment variables are relevant to all
1021 platforms.
1022
1023 AR
1024 The name of the ar executable to use.
1025
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1027 Use a different build file name than the platform default
46d08509 1028 ("Makefile" on Unix-like platforms, "makefile" on native Windows,
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1030 corresponding build file template. See Configurations/README
1031 for further information.
1032
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1034 The compiler to use. Configure will attempt to pick a default
1035 compiler for your platform but this choice can be overridden
1036 using this variable. Set it to the compiler executable you wish
1037 to use, e.g. "gcc" or "clang".
1038
1039 CROSS_COMPILE
1040 This environment variable has the same meaning as for the
1041 "--cross-compile-prefix" Configure flag described above. If both
1042 are set then the Configure flag takes precedence.
1043
1044 NM
1045 The name of the nm executable to use.
1046
1047 OPENSSL_LOCAL_CONFIG_DIR
1048 OpenSSL comes with a database of information about how it
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1050 templates for those platforms. The database is comprised of
1051 ".conf" files in the Configurations directory. The build
1052 file templates reside there as well as ".tmpl" files. See the
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1055 files.
1056 In addition to the standard ".conf" and ".tmpl" files, it is
1057 possible to create your own ".conf" and ".tmpl" files and store
1058 them locally, outside the OpenSSL source tree. This environment
1059 variable can be set to the directory where these files are held
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1061 standard directories.
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1063 PERL
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1066 other hand imposes the interpreter by which it itself was
1067 executed on the whole build procedure.
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1069 HASHBANGPERL
1070 The command string for the Perl executable to insert in the
1071 #! line of perl scripts that will be publically installed.
1072 Default: /usr/bin/env perl
1073 Note: the value of this variable is added to the same scripts
1074 on all platforms, but it's only relevant on Unix-like platforms.
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1076 RC
1077 The name of the rc executable to use. The default will be as
1078 defined for the target platform in the ".conf" file. If not
1079 defined then "windres" will be used. The WINDRES environment
1080 variable is synonymous to this. If both are defined then RC
1081 takes precedence.
1082
1083 RANLIB
1084 The name of the ranlib executable to use.
1085
1086 WINDRES
1087 See RC.
1088
1089 Makefile targets
1090 ----------------
1091
1092 The Configure script generates a Makefile in a format relevant to the specific
1093 platform. The Makefiles provide a number of targets that can be used. Not all
1094 targets may be available on all platforms. Only the most common targets are
1095 described here. Examine the Makefiles themselves for the full list.
1096
1097 all
1098 The default target to build all the software components.
1099
1100 clean
1101 Remove all build artefacts and return the directory to a "clean"
1102 state.
1103
1104 depend
1105 Rebuild the dependencies in the Makefiles. This is a legacy
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1108 install
1109 Install all OpenSSL components.
1110
1111 install_sw
1112 Only install the OpenSSL software components.
1113
1114 install_docs
1115 Only install the OpenSSL documentation components.
1116
1117 install_man_docs
1118 Only install the OpenSSL man pages (Unix only).
1119
1120 install_html_docs
1121 Only install the OpenSSL html documentation.
1122
1123 list-tests
1124 Prints a list of all the self test names.
1125
1126 test
1127 Build and run the OpenSSL self tests.
1128
1129 uninstall
1130 Uninstall all OpenSSL components.
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1133 reconf
1134 Re-run the configuration process, as exactly as the last time
1135 as possible.
1136
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1138 This is a developer option. If you are developing a patch for
1139 OpenSSL you may need to use this if you want to update
1140 automatically generated files; add new error codes or add new
1141 (or change the visibility of) public API functions. (Unix only).
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1144 ---------------
1145
1146 The make variable TESTS supports a versatile set of space separated tokens
1147 with which you can specify a set of tests to be performed. With a "current
1148 set of tests" in mind, initially being empty, here are the possible tokens:
1149
1150 alltests The current set of tests becomes the whole set of available
1151 tests (as listed when you do 'make list-tests' or similar).
1152 xxx Adds the test 'xxx' to the current set of tests.
1153 -xxx Removes 'xxx' from the current set of tests. If this is the
1154 first token in the list, the current set of tests is first
1155 assigned the whole set of available tests, effectively making
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1157 nn Adds the test group 'nn' (which is a number) to the current
1158 set of tests.
1159 -nn Removes the test group 'nn' from the current set of tests.
1160 If this is the first token in the list, the current set of
1161 tests is first assigned the whole set of available tests,
1162 effectively making this token equivalent to
1163 TESTS="alltests -xxx".
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1165 Also, all tokens except for "alltests" may have wildcards, such as *.
1166 (on Unix and Windows, BSD style wildcards are supported, while on VMS,
1167 it's VMS style wildcards)
1168
1169 Example: All tests except for the fuzz tests:
1170
1171 $ make TESTS=-test_fuzz test
1172
1173 or (if you want to be explicit)
1174
1175 $ make TESTS='alltests -test_fuzz' test
1176
1177 Example: All tests that have a name starting with "test_ssl" but not those
1178 starting with "test_ssl_":
1179
1180 $ make TESTS='test_ssl* -test_ssl_*' test
1181
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1183
1184 $ make TESTS='10'
1185
1186 Example: All tests except the slow group (group 99):
1187
1188 $ make TESTS='-99'
1189
1190 Example: All tests in test groups 80 to 99 except for tests in group 90:
1191
1192 $ make TESTS='[89]? -90'
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1195 -----------------------
1196
1197 For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what compiler options
1198 are needed to generate a library that is suitable for multi-threaded
1199 applications. On these systems, support for multi-threading is enabled
1200 by default; use the "no-threads" option to disable (this should never be
1201 necessary).
1202
1203 On other systems, to enable support for multi-threading, you will have
33d50ef6 1204 to specify at least two options: "threads", and a system-dependent option.
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1206 case, obviously, is not to include support for multi-threading (but
1207 you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message
1208 from the Configure script.)
1209
35d8fa56 1210 OpenSSL provides built-in support for two threading models: pthreads (found on
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1212 supported. If your platform does not provide pthreads or Windows threads then
1213 you should Configure with the "no-threads" option.
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1216 -------------------------
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1219 build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems
1220 the shared libraries will be created by default. This can be suppressed and
1221 only static libraries created by using the "no-shared" option. On systems
1222 where OpenSSL does not know how to build shared libraries the "no-shared"
1223 option will be forced and only static libraries will be created.
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1225 Shared libraries are named a little differently on different platforms.
1226 One way or another, they all have the major OpenSSL version number as
1227 part of the file name, i.e. for OpenSSL 1.1.x, 1.1 is somehow part of
1228 the name.
1229
46d08509 1230 On most POSIX platforms, shared libraries are named libcrypto.so.1.1
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1231 and libssl.so.1.1.
1232
1233 on Cygwin, shared libraries are named cygcrypto-1.1.dll and cygssl-1.1.dll
1234 with import libraries libcrypto.dll.a and libssl.dll.a.
1235
1236 On Windows build with MSVC or using MingW, shared libraries are named
1237 libcrypto-1_1.dll and libssl-1_1.dll for 32-bit Windows, libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
1238 and libssl-1_1-x64.dll for 64-bit x86_64 Windows, and libcrypto-1_1-ia64.dll
1239 and libssl-1_1-ia64.dll for IA64 Windows. With MSVC, the import libraries
1240 are named libcrypto.lib and libssl.lib, while with MingW, they are named
b77b6127 1241 libcrypto.dll.a and libssl.dll.a.
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1243 On VMS, shareable images (VMS speak for shared libraries) are named
1244 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr.exe. However, when
1245 OpenSSL is specifically built for 32-bit pointers, the shareable images
1246 are named ossl$libcrypto0101_shr32.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr32.exe
1247 instead, and when built for 64-bit pointers, they are named
1248 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr64.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr64.exe.
1249
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1250 Note on random number generation
1251 --------------------------------
1252
1253 Availability of cryptographically secure random numbers is required for
1254 secret key generation. OpenSSL provides several options to seed the
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1258 The seeding method can be configured using the --with-rand-seed option,
1259 which can be used to specify a comma separated list of seed methods.
1260 However in most cases OpenSSL will choose a suitable default method,
46d08509 1261 so it is not necessary to explicitly provide this option. Note also
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1262 that not all methods are available on all platforms.
1263
1264 I) On operating systems which provide a suitable randomness source (in
1265 form of a system call or system device), OpenSSL will use the optimal
1266 available method to seed the CSPRNG from the operating system's
1267 randomness sources. This corresponds to the option --with-rand-seed=os.
1268
1269 II) On systems without such a suitable randomness source, automatic seeding
1270 and reseeding is disabled (--with-rand-seed=none) and it may be necessary
1271 to install additional support software to obtain a random seed and reseed
1272 the CSPRNG manually. Please check out the manual pages for RAND_add(),
1273 RAND_bytes(), RAND_egd(), and the FAQ for more information.