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1 OPENSSL INSTALLATION
2 --------------------
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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
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101 Note that in order to perform the install step above you need to have
102 appropriate permissions to write to the installation directory.
103
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106 This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is:
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108 Unix: normal installation directories under /usr/local
109 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version'...], where 'version' is the
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110 OpenSSL version number with underscores instead of periods.
111 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
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113 The installation directory should be appropriately protected to ensure
114 unprivileged users cannot make changes to OpenSSL binaries or files, or install
115 engines. If you already have a pre-installed version of OpenSSL as part of
116 your Operating System it is recommended that you do not overwrite the system
117 version and instead install to somewhere else.
118
2acd8ec7 119 If you want to install it anywhere else, run config like this:
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121 On Unix:
122
123 $ ./config --prefix=/opt/openssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl
124
125 On OpenVMS:
126
127 $ @config --prefix=PROGRAM:[INSTALLS] --openssldir=SYS$MANAGER:[OPENSSL]
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129 (Note: if you do add options to the configuration command, please make sure
130 you've read more than just this Quick Start, such as relevant NOTES.* files,
131 the options outline below, as configuration options may change the outcome
132 in otherwise unexpected ways)
133
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135 Configuration Options
136 ---------------------
137
2d99cee7 138 There are several options to ./config (or ./Configure) to customize
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139 the build (note that for Windows, the defaults for --prefix and
140 --openssldir depend in what configuration is used and what Windows
141 implementation OpenSSL is built on. More notes on this in NOTES.WIN):
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143 --api=x.y.z
144 Don't build with support for deprecated APIs below the
145 specified version number. For example "--api=1.1.0" will
146 remove support for all APIS that were deprecated in OpenSSL
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147 version 1.1.0 or below. This is a rather specialized option
148 for developers. If you just intend to remove all deprecated
149 APIs entirely (up to the current version), it is easier
150 to add the 'no-deprecated' option instead (see below).
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152 --cross-compile-prefix=PREFIX
153 The PREFIX to include in front of commands for your
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154 toolchain. It's likely to have to end with dash, e.g.
155 a-b-c- would invoke GNU compiler as a-b-c-gcc, etc.
156 Unfortunately cross-compiling is too case-specific to
157 put together one-size-fits-all instructions. You might
158 have to pass more flags or set up environment variables
159 to actually make it work. Android and iOS cases are
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160 discussed in corresponding Configurations/15-*.conf
161 files. But there are cases when this option alone is
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162 sufficient. For example to build the mingw64 target on
163 Linux "--cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32-"
164 works. Naturally provided that mingw packages are
165 installed. Today Debian and Ubuntu users have option to
166 install a number of prepackaged cross-compilers along
167 with corresponding run-time and development packages for
168 "alien" hardware. To give another example
169 "--cross-compile-prefix=mipsel-linux-gnu-" suffices
170 in such case. Needless to mention that you have to
171 invoke ./Configure, not ./config, and pass your target
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172 name explicitly. Also, note that --openssldir refers
173 to target's file system, not one you are building on.
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175 --debug
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176 Build OpenSSL with debugging symbols and zero optimization
177 level.
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179 --libdir=DIR
180 The name of the directory under the top of the installation
181 directory tree (see the --prefix option) where libraries will
182 be installed. By default this is "lib". Note that on Windows
183 only ".lib" files will be stored in this location. dll files
184 will always be installed to the "bin" directory.
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186 --openssldir=DIR
187 Directory for OpenSSL configuration files, and also the
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188 default certificate and key store. Defaults are:
189
667c6bfe 190 Unix: /usr/local/ssl
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191 Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL
192 or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SSL
667c6bfe 193 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-COMMON]
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195 --prefix=DIR
196 The top of the installation directory tree. Defaults are:
197
198 Unix: /usr/local
199 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL
200 or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
201 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version']
202
203 --release
204 Build OpenSSL without debugging symbols. This is the default.
205
206 --strict-warnings
207 This is a developer flag that switches on various compiler
208 options recommended for OpenSSL development. It only works
209 when using gcc or clang as the compiler. If you are
210 developing a patch for OpenSSL then it is recommended that
211 you use this option where possible.
212
213 --with-zlib-include=DIR
214 The directory for the location of the zlib include file. This
215 option is only necessary if enable-zlib (see below) is used
216 and the include file is not already on the system include
217 path.
218
219 --with-zlib-lib=LIB
220 On Unix: this is the directory containing the zlib library.
221 If not provided the system library path will be used.
222 On Windows: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
223 without a path). This flag must be provided if the
224 zlib-dynamic option is not also used. If zlib-dynamic is used
225 then this flag is optional and a default value ("ZLIB1") is
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227 On VMS: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
228 without a path). This flag is optional and if not provided
229 then "GNV$LIBZSHR", "GNV$LIBZSHR32" or "GNV$LIBZSHR64" is
230 used by default depending on the pointer size chosen.
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233 --with-rand-seed=seed1[,seed2,...]
234 A comma separated list of seeding methods which will be tried
235 by OpenSSL in order to obtain random input (a.k.a "entropy")
236 for seeding its cryptographically secure random number
237 generator (CSPRNG). The current seeding methods are:
238
239 os: Use a trusted operating system entropy source.
240 This is the default method if such an entropy
241 source exists.
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242 getrandom: Use the L<getrandom(2)> or equivalent system
243 call.
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245 which can be opened to read random bytes. The
246 DEVRANDOM preprocessor constant expands to
247 "/dev/urandom","/dev/random","/dev/srandom" on
248 most unix-ish operating systems.
249 egd: Check for an entropy generating daemon.
250 rdcpu: Use the RDSEED or RDRAND command if provided by
251 the CPU.
252 librandom: Use librandom (not implemented yet).
253 none: Disable automatic seeding. This is the default
254 on some operating systems where no suitable
255 entropy source exists, or no support for it is
256 implemented yet.
257
258 For more information, see the section 'Note on random number
259 generation' at the end of this document.
260
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261 no-afalgeng
262 Don't build the AFALG engine. This option will be forced if
263 on a platform that does not support AFALG.
264
fa28bfd6 265 enable-asan
f430ba31 266 Build with the Address sanitiser. This is a developer option
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267 only. It may not work on all platforms and should never be
268 used in production environments. It will only work when used
269 with gcc or clang and should be used in conjunction with the
270 no-shared option.
271
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273 Do not use assembler code. This should be viewed as
274 debugging/trouble-shooting option rather than production.
275 On some platforms a small amount of assembler code may
276 still be used even with this option.
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278 no-async
279 Do not build support for async operations.
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281 no-autoalginit
282 Don't automatically load all supported ciphers and digests.
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283 Typically OpenSSL will make available all of its supported
284 ciphers and digests. For a statically linked application this
285 may be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
286 This only affects libcrypto. Ciphers and digests will have to
287 be loaded manually using EVP_add_cipher() and
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288 EVP_add_digest() if this option is used. This option will
289 force a non-shared build.
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291 no-autoerrinit
292 Don't automatically load all libcrypto/libssl error strings.
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293 Typically OpenSSL will automatically load human readable
294 error strings. For a statically linked application this may
295 be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
296
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298 Don't automatically load the default openssl.cnf file.
299 Typically OpenSSL will automatically load a system config
300 file which configures default ssl options.
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302 enable-buildtest-c++
303 While testing, generate C++ buildtest files that
304 simply check that the public OpenSSL header files
305 are usable standalone with C++.
306
307 Enabling this option demands extra care. For any
308 compiler flag given directly as configuration
309 option, you must ensure that it's valid for both
310 the C and the C++ compiler. If not, the C++ build
311 test will most likely break. As an alternative,
312 you can use the language specific variables, CFLAGS
313 and CXXFLAGS.
314
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315 no-capieng
316 Don't build the CAPI engine. This option will be forced if
317 on a platform that does not support CAPI.
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319 no-cms
320 Don't build support for CMS features
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322 no-comp
323 Don't build support for SSL/TLS compression. If this option
324 is left enabled (the default), then compression will only
325 work if the zlib or zlib-dynamic options are also chosen.
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327 enable-crypto-mdebug
328 Build support for debugging memory allocated via
329 OPENSSL_malloc() or OPENSSL_zalloc().
330
331 enable-crypto-mdebug-backtrace
332 As for crypto-mdebug, but additionally provide backtrace
333 information for allocated memory.
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334 TO BE USED WITH CARE: this uses GNU C functionality, and
335 is therefore not usable for non-GNU config targets. If
336 your build complains about the use of '-rdynamic' or the
337 lack of header file execinfo.h, this option is not for you.
338 ALSO NOTE that even though execinfo.h is available on your
339 system (through Gnulib), the functions might just be stubs
340 that do nothing.
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342 no-ct
343 Don't build support for Certificate Transparency.
344
345 no-deprecated
346 Don't build with support for any deprecated APIs. This is the
347 same as using "--api" and supplying the latest version
348 number.
349
350 no-dgram
351 Don't build support for datagram based BIOs. Selecting this
352 option will also force the disabling of DTLS.
353
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354 no-dso
355 Don't build support for loading Dynamic Shared Objects.
356
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357 enable-devcryptoeng
358 Build the /dev/crypto engine. It is automatically selected
359 on BSD implementations, in which case it can be disabled with
360 no-devcryptoeng.
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362 no-dynamic-engine
363 Don't build the dynamically loaded engines. This only has an
364 effect in a "shared" build
365
366 no-ec
367 Don't build support for Elliptic Curves.
368
369 no-ec2m
370 Don't build support for binary Elliptic Curves
371
372 enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128
373 Enable support for optimised implementations of some commonly
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374 used NIST elliptic curves.
375 This is only supported on platforms:
376 - with little-endian storage of non-byte types
377 - that tolerate misaligned memory references
378 - where the compiler:
379 - supports the non-standard type __uint128_t
380 - defines the built-in macro __SIZEOF_INT128__
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382 enable-egd
383 Build support for gathering entropy from EGD (Entropy
384 Gathering Daemon).
385
386 no-engine
387 Don't build support for loading engines.
388
389 no-err
390 Don't compile in any error strings.
391
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392 enable-external-tests
393 Enable building of integration with external test suites.
394 This is a developer option and may not work on all platforms.
395 The only supported external test suite at the current time is
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396 the BoringSSL test suite. See the file test/README.external
397 for further details.
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399 no-filenames
400 Don't compile in filename and line number information (e.g.
401 for errors and memory allocation).
402
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403 enable-fuzz-libfuzzer, enable-fuzz-afl
404 Build with support for fuzzing using either libfuzzer or AFL.
405 These are developer options only. They may not work on all
406 platforms and should never be used in production environments.
407 See the file fuzz/README.md for further details.
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409 no-gost
410 Don't build support for GOST based ciphersuites. Note that
411 if this feature is enabled then GOST ciphersuites are only
412 available if the GOST algorithms are also available through
413 loading an externally supplied engine.
414
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415 no-hw-padlock
416 Don't build the padlock engine.
417
418 no-makedepend
05328815 419 Don't generate dependencies.
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421 no-multiblock
422 Don't build support for writing multiple records in one
423 go in libssl (Note: this is a different capability to the
424 pipelining functionality).
425
426 no-nextprotoneg
427 Don't build support for the NPN TLS extension.
428
429 no-ocsp
430 Don't build support for OCSP.
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432 no-pic
433 Don't build with support for Position Independent Code.
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435 no-pinshared By default OpenSSL will attempt to stay in memory until the
436 process exits. This is so that libcrypto and libssl can be
437 properly cleaned up automatically via an "atexit()" handler.
438 The handler is registered by libcrypto and cleans up both
439 libraries. On some platforms the atexit() handler will run on
440 unload of libcrypto (if it has been dynamically loaded)
441 rather than at process exit. This option can be used to stop
442 OpenSSL from attempting to stay in memory until the process
443 exits. This could lead to crashes if either libcrypto or
444 libssl have already been unloaded at the point
445 that the atexit handler is invoked, e.g. on a platform which
446 calls atexit() on unload of the library, and libssl is
447 unloaded before libcrypto then a crash is likely to happen.
448 Applications can suppress running of the atexit() handler at
449 run time by using the OPENSSL_INIT_NO_ATEXIT option to
450 OPENSSL_init_crypto(). See the man page for it for further
451 details.
452
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453 no-posix-io
454 Don't use POSIX IO capabilities.
455
456 no-psk
457 Don't build support for Pre-Shared Key based ciphersuites.
458
459 no-rdrand
460 Don't use hardware RDRAND capabilities.
461
462 no-rfc3779
463 Don't build support for RFC3779 ("X.509 Extensions for IP
464 Addresses and AS Identifiers")
465
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466 sctp
467 Build support for SCTP
468
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469 no-shared
470 Do not create shared libraries, only static ones. See "Note
471 on shared libraries" below.
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473 no-sock
474 Don't build support for socket BIOs
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476 no-srp
477 Don't build support for SRP or SRP based ciphersuites.
478
479 no-srtp
480 Don't build SRTP support
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483 Exclude SSE2 code paths from 32-bit x86 assembly modules.
484 Normally SSE2 extension is detected at run-time, but the
485 decision whether or not the machine code will be executed
486 is taken solely on CPU capability vector. This means that
487 if you happen to run OS kernel which does not support SSE2
488 extension on Intel P4 processor, then your application
489 might be exposed to "illegal instruction" exception.
490 There might be a way to enable support in kernel, e.g.
491 FreeBSD kernel can be compiled with CPU_ENABLE_SSE, and
492 there is a way to disengage SSE2 code paths upon application
493 start-up, but if you aim for wider "audience" running
494 such kernel, consider no-sse2. Both the 386 and
495 no-asm options imply no-sse2.
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497 enable-ssl-trace
498 Build with the SSL Trace capabilities (adds the "-trace"
499 option to s_client and s_server).
500
501 no-static-engine
502 Don't build the statically linked engines. This only
503 has an impact when not built "shared".
504
505 no-stdio
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506 Don't use anything from the C header file "stdio.h" that
507 makes use of the "FILE" type. Only libcrypto and libssl can
508 be built in this way. Using this option will suppress
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509 building the command line applications. Additionally since
510 the OpenSSL tests also use the command line applications the
511 tests will also be skipped.
512
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513 no-tests
514 Don't build test programs or run any test.
515
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516 no-threads
517 Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
518 applications.
519
520 threads
521 Build with support for multi-threaded applications. Most
522 platforms will enable this by default. However if on a
523 platform where this is not the case then this will usually
524 require additional system-dependent options! See "Note on
525 multi-threading" below.
526
527 no-ts
528 Don't build Time Stamping Authority support.
529
fa28bfd6 530 enable-ubsan
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532 developer option only. It may not work on all platforms and
533 should never be used in production environments. It will only
534 work when used with gcc or clang and should be used in
535 conjunction with the "-DPEDANTIC" option (or the
536 --strict-warnings option).
537
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538 no-ui
539 Don't build with the "UI" capability (i.e. the set of
540 features enabling text based prompts).
541
542 enable-unit-test
543 Enable additional unit test APIs. This should not typically
544 be used in production deployments.
545
546 enable-weak-ssl-ciphers
547 Build support for SSL/TLS ciphers that are considered "weak"
548 (e.g. RC4 based ciphersuites).
549
550 zlib
551 Build with support for zlib compression/decompression.
552
553 zlib-dynamic
554 Like "zlib", but has OpenSSL load the zlib library
555 dynamically when needed. This is only supported on systems
556 where loading of shared libraries is supported.
557
558 386
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559 In 32-bit x86 builds, when generating assembly modules,
560 use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code
561 is more efficient, but requires at least a 486). Note:
562 This doesn't affect code generated by compiler, you're
563 likely to complement configuration command line with
564 suitable compiler-specific option.
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566 no-<prot>
567 Don't build support for negotiating the specified SSL/TLS
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568 protocol (one of ssl, ssl3, tls, tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2,
569 tls1_3, dtls, dtls1 or dtls1_2). If "no-tls" is selected then
570 all of tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2 and tls1_3 are disabled.
571 Similarly "no-dtls" will disable dtls1 and dtls1_2. The
572 "no-ssl" option is synonymous with "no-ssl3". Note this only
573 affects version negotiation. OpenSSL will still provide the
574 methods for applications to explicitly select the individual
575 protocol versions.
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577 no-<prot>-method
578 As for no-<prot> but in addition do not build the methods for
579 applications to explicitly select individual protocol
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580 versions. Note that there is no "no-tls1_3-method" option
581 because there is no application method for TLSv1.3. Using
034d55cd 582 individual protocol methods directly is deprecated.
f518cef4 583 Applications should use TLS_method() instead.
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585 enable-<alg>
586 Build with support for the specified algorithm, where <alg>
42e22c7c 587 is one of: md2 or rc5.
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589 no-<alg>
590 Build without support for the specified algorithm, where
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591 <alg> is one of: aria, bf, blake2, camellia, cast, chacha,
592 cmac, des, dh, dsa, ecdh, ecdsa, idea, md4, mdc2, ocb,
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593 poly1305, rc2, rc4, rmd160, scrypt, seed, siphash, sm2, sm3,
594 sm4 or whirlpool. The "ripemd" algorithm is deprecated and
595 if used is synonymous with rmd160.
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a74341f9 598 These system specific options will be recognised and
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599 passed through to the compiler to allow you to define
600 preprocessor symbols, specify additional libraries, library
601 directories or other compiler options. It might be worth
602 noting that some compilers generate code specifically for
603 processor the compiler currently executes on. This is not
604 necessarily what you might have in mind, since it might be
605 unsuitable for execution on other, typically older,
606 processor. Consult your compiler documentation.
607
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608 Take note of the VAR=value documentation below and how
609 these flags interact with those variables.
610
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611 -xxx, +xxx
612 Additional options that are not otherwise recognised are
613 passed through as they are to the compiler as well. Again,
614 consult your compiler documentation.
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616 Take note of the VAR=value documentation below and how
617 these flags interact with those variables.
618
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80f27877 620 Assignment of environment variable for Configure. These
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621 work just like normal environment variable assignments,
622 but are supported on all platforms and are confined to
623 the configuration scripts only. These assignments override
624 the corresponding value in the inherited environment, if
625 there is one.
626
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628 can be used as an alternative to giving preprocessor,
629 compiler and linker options directly as configuration.
630 The following variables are supported:
631
632 AR The static library archiver.
633 ARFLAGS Flags for the static library archiver.
634 AS The assembler compiler.
635 ASFLAGS Flags for the assembler compiler.
636 CC The C compiler.
637 CFLAGS Flags for the C compiler.
638 CXX The C++ compiler.
639 CXXFLAGS Flags for the C++ compiler.
640 CPP The C/C++ preprocessor.
641 CPPFLAGS Flags for the C/C++ preprocessor.
642 CPPDEFINES List of CPP macro definitions, separated
643 by a platform specific character (':' or
644 space for Unix, ';' for Windows, ',' for
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646 -D (or what corresponds to that on your
647 compiler) in CPPFLAGS.
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649 the same way as for CPPDEFINES. This can
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651 to that on your compiler) in CPPFLAGS.
5b18235a 652 HASHBANGPERL Perl invocation to be inserted after '#!'
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654 Unix).
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656 is used there).
657 LDFLAGS Flags for the shared library, DSO and
658 program linker.
659 LDLIBS Extra libraries to use when linking.
660 Takes the form of a space separated list
661 of library specifications on Unix and
662 Windows, and as a comma separated list of
663 libraries on VMS.
664 RANLIB The library archive indexer.
c257f61f 665 RC The Windows resource compiler.
666 RCFLAGS Flags for the Windows resource compiler.
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668
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670 on the command line. In other words, something like this
671 isn't permitted.
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673 ./config -DFOO CPPFLAGS=-DBAR -DCOOKIE
674
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676
677 To be compatible with older configuration scripts, the
678 environment variables are ignored if compiling / linking
679 flags are given on the command line, except for these:
680
681 AR, CC, CXX, CROSS_COMPILE, HASHBANGPERL, PERL, RANLIB, RC
682 and WINDRES
683
684 For example, the following command will not see -DBAR:
685
686 CPPFLAGS=-DBAR ./config -DCOOKIE
687
688 However, the following will see both set variables:
689
690 CC=gcc CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-w64-mingw32- \
691 ./config -DCOOKIE
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694 both C and C++ compilers are in the same "family". This
695 becomes relevant with 'enable-external-tests' and
696 'enable-buildtest-c++'.
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699 reconfigure
700 Reconfigure from earlier data. This fetches the previous
701 command line options and environment from data saved in
702 "configdata.pm", and runs the configuration process again,
703 using these options and environment.
704 Note: NO other option is permitted together with "reconf".
705 This means that you also MUST use "./Configure" (or
706 what corresponds to that on non-Unix platforms) directly
707 to invoke this option.
708 Note: The original configuration saves away values for ALL
709 environment variables that were used, and if they weren't
710 defined, they are still saved away with information that
711 they weren't originally defined. This information takes
712 precedence over environment variables that are defined
713 when reconfiguring.
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716 -----------------------------
717
718 The configuration script itself will say very little, and finishes by
719 creating "configdata.pm". This perl module can be loaded by other scripts
720 to find all the configuration data, and it can also be used as a script to
721 display all sorts of configuration data in a human readable form.
722
723 For more information, please do:
724
725 $ ./configdata.pm --help # Unix
726
727 or
728
729 $ perl configdata.pm --help # Windows and VMS
730
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732 ----------------------
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4109b97c 734 1a. Configure OpenSSL for your operation system automatically:
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737
ea24fe29 738 $ ./config [[ options ]] # Unix
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740 or
741
ea24fe29 742 $ @config [[ options ]] ! OpenVMS
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744 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
745 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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4109b97c 747 This guesses at your operating system (and compiler, if necessary) and
b1fe6b43 748 configures OpenSSL based on this guess. Run ./config -t to see
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750 are cross-compiling for another platform, or the ./config guess was
751 wrong for other reasons, go to step 1b. Otherwise go to step 2.
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754
ea24fe29 755 $ ./config -d [[ options ]]
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c9f06e7f 757 1b. Configure OpenSSL for your operating system manually
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760 compiler combinations. To see the ones it knows about, run
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763
764 or
765
766 $ perl Configure # All other platforms
767
768 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
769 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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772 operating systems there is a choice between using "cc" or "gcc". When
773 you have identified your system (and if necessary compiler) use this name
2acd8ec7 774 as the argument to Configure. For example, a "linux-elf" user would
4109b97c 775 run:
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ea24fe29 777 $ ./Configure linux-elf [[ options ]]
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5bb9e2b4 779 If your system isn't listed, you will have to create a configuration
ea24fe29 780 file named Configurations/{{ something }}.conf and add the correct
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782 and read Configurations/README and Configurations/README.design for
783 more information.
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786 Unix-like systems.
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789 and "descrip.mms" on OpenVMS) from a suitable template in Configurations,
790 and defines various macros in include/openssl/opensslconf.h (generated from
791 include/openssl/opensslconf.h.in).
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794
795 OpenSSL can be configured to build in a build directory separate from
796 the directory with the source code. It's done by placing yourself in
797 some other directory and invoking the configuration commands from
798 there.
799
800 Unix example:
801
802 $ mkdir /var/tmp/openssl-build
803 $ cd /var/tmp/openssl-build
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806 or
807
ea24fe29 808 $ /PATH/TO/OPENSSL/SOURCE/Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
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810 OpenVMS example:
811
812 $ set default sys$login:
813 $ create/dir [.tmp.openssl-build]
814 $ set default [.tmp.openssl-build]
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817 or
818
ea24fe29 819 $ @[PATH.TO.OPENSSL.SOURCE]Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
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822
823 $ C:
824 $ mkdir \temp-openssl
825 $ cd \temp-openssl
ea24fe29 826 $ perl d:\PATH\TO\OPENSSL\SOURCE\Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
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829 do its best to translate them to relative paths whenever possible.
830
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834 $ mms ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
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838 Unix, corresponding on other platforms) and the OpenSSL binary
839 ("openssl"). The libraries will be built in the top-level directory,
840 and the binary will be in the "apps" subdirectory.
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1af66bb7 842 Troubleshooting:
843
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845 for the failure that aren't problems in OpenSSL itself (like
1af66bb7 846 missing standard headers).
847
848 If the build succeeded previously, but fails after a source or
849 configuration change, it might be helpful to clean the build tree
850 before attempting another build. Use this command:
851
852 $ make clean # Unix
853 $ mms clean ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
854 $ nmake clean # Windows
855
856 Assembler error messages can sometimes be sidestepped by using the
857 "no-asm" configuration option.
858
859 Compiling parts of OpenSSL with gcc and others with the system
860 compiler will result in unresolved symbols on some systems.
861
862 If you are still having problems you can get help by sending an email
863 to the openssl-users email list (see
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865 it is a bug with OpenSSL itself, please open an issue on GitHub, at
866 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues. Please review the existing
867 ones first; maybe the bug was already reported or has already been
d5957691 868 fixed.
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462ba4f6 870 3. After a successful build, the libraries should be tested. Run:
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873 $ mms test ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 874 $ nmake test # Windows
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6616429d 876 NOTE: you MUST run the tests from an unprivileged account (or
f430ba31 877 disable your privileges temporarily if your platform allows it).
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880 the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like a
881 malfunction with Perl). You may want increased verbosity, that
882 can be accomplished like this:
883
be6bdab6 884 $ make VERBOSE=1 test # Unix
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e8173157 886 $ mms /macro=(VERBOSE=1) test ! OpenVMS
2e996acf 887
be6bdab6 888 $ nmake VERBOSE=1 test # Windows
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891 the make variable TESTS to specify them, like this:
892
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894 $ mms/macro="TESTS=test_rsa test_dsa" test ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 895 $ nmake TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test # Windows
2e996acf 896
2acd8ec7 897 And of course, you can combine (Unix example shown):
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be6bdab6 899 $ make VERBOSE=1 TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test
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901 You can find the list of available tests like this:
902
2acd8ec7 903 $ make list-tests # Unix
5bb9e2b4 904 $ mms list-tests ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 905 $ nmake list-tests # Windows
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908 see what other HARNESS_* variables there are.
909
2e996acf 910 If you find a problem with OpenSSL itself, try removing any
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912 run "make clean; make" or corresponding.
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915 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues.
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918 see section TESTS in Detail below.
919
462ba4f6 920 4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with
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923 $ mms install ! OpenVMS
fa28bfd6 924 $ nmake install # Windows
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927 appropriate permissions to write to the installation directory.
928
929 The above commands will install all the software components in this
930 directory tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its
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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 unprivileged users cannot make changes to OpenSSL binaries or files, or
988 install engines. If you already have a pre-installed version of OpenSSL as
989 part of your Operating System it is recommended that you do not overwrite
990 the system version and instead install to somewhere else.
991
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993 locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
994 it can easily be packaged, can use
995
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997 $ mms/macro="DESTDIR=TMP:[PACKAGE-ROOT]" install ! OpenVMS
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3c65577f 999 The specified destination directory will be prepended to all
2acd8ec7 1000 installation target paths.
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2acd8ec7 1002 Compatibility issues with previous OpenSSL versions:
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1004 * COMPILING existing applications
1005
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1007 that were previously open. This includes all internal libssl
1008 structures and a number of EVP types. Accessor functions have
1009 been added to allow controlled access to the structures' data.
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1012 the new ways of doing things. This often amounts to allocating
1013 an instance of a structure explicitly where you could previously
1014 allocate them on the stack as automatic variables, and using the
1015 provided accessor functions where you would previously access a
1016 structure's field directly.
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1019 preserved when possible.
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1022 ---------------------
1023
1024 A number of environment variables can be used to provide additional control
1025 over the build process. Typically these should be defined prior to running
1026 config or Configure. Not all environment variables are relevant to all
1027 platforms.
1028
1029 AR
1030 The name of the ar executable to use.
1031
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1033 Use a different build file name than the platform default
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1036 corresponding build file template. See Configurations/README
1037 for further information.
1038
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1040 The compiler to use. Configure will attempt to pick a default
1041 compiler for your platform but this choice can be overridden
1042 using this variable. Set it to the compiler executable you wish
1043 to use, e.g. "gcc" or "clang".
1044
1045 CROSS_COMPILE
1046 This environment variable has the same meaning as for the
1047 "--cross-compile-prefix" Configure flag described above. If both
1048 are set then the Configure flag takes precedence.
1049
1050 NM
1051 The name of the nm executable to use.
1052
1053 OPENSSL_LOCAL_CONFIG_DIR
1054 OpenSSL comes with a database of information about how it
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1056 templates for those platforms. The database is comprised of
1057 ".conf" files in the Configurations directory. The build
1058 file templates reside there as well as ".tmpl" files. See the
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1061 files.
1062 In addition to the standard ".conf" and ".tmpl" files, it is
1063 possible to create your own ".conf" and ".tmpl" files and store
1064 them locally, outside the OpenSSL source tree. This environment
1065 variable can be set to the directory where these files are held
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1067 standard directories.
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1069 PERL
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1072 other hand imposes the interpreter by which it itself was
1073 executed on the whole build procedure.
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1075 HASHBANGPERL
1076 The command string for the Perl executable to insert in the
1077 #! line of perl scripts that will be publically installed.
1078 Default: /usr/bin/env perl
1079 Note: the value of this variable is added to the same scripts
1080 on all platforms, but it's only relevant on Unix-like platforms.
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1082 RC
1083 The name of the rc executable to use. The default will be as
1084 defined for the target platform in the ".conf" file. If not
1085 defined then "windres" will be used. The WINDRES environment
1086 variable is synonymous to this. If both are defined then RC
1087 takes precedence.
1088
1089 RANLIB
1090 The name of the ranlib executable to use.
1091
1092 WINDRES
1093 See RC.
1094
1095 Makefile targets
1096 ----------------
1097
1098 The Configure script generates a Makefile in a format relevant to the specific
1099 platform. The Makefiles provide a number of targets that can be used. Not all
1100 targets may be available on all platforms. Only the most common targets are
1101 described here. Examine the Makefiles themselves for the full list.
1102
1103 all
1104 The default target to build all the software components.
1105
1106 clean
1107 Remove all build artefacts and return the directory to a "clean"
1108 state.
1109
1110 depend
1111 Rebuild the dependencies in the Makefiles. This is a legacy
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1114 install
1115 Install all OpenSSL components.
1116
1117 install_sw
1118 Only install the OpenSSL software components.
1119
1120 install_docs
1121 Only install the OpenSSL documentation components.
1122
1123 install_man_docs
1124 Only install the OpenSSL man pages (Unix only).
1125
1126 install_html_docs
1127 Only install the OpenSSL html documentation.
1128
1129 list-tests
1130 Prints a list of all the self test names.
1131
1132 test
1133 Build and run the OpenSSL self tests.
1134
1135 uninstall
1136 Uninstall all OpenSSL components.
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1139 reconf
1140 Re-run the configuration process, as exactly as the last time
1141 as possible.
1142
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1144 This is a developer option. If you are developing a patch for
1145 OpenSSL you may need to use this if you want to update
1146 automatically generated files; add new error codes or add new
1147 (or change the visibility of) public API functions. (Unix only).
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1150 ---------------
1151
1152 The make variable TESTS supports a versatile set of space separated tokens
1153 with which you can specify a set of tests to be performed. With a "current
1154 set of tests" in mind, initially being empty, here are the possible tokens:
1155
1156 alltests The current set of tests becomes the whole set of available
1157 tests (as listed when you do 'make list-tests' or similar).
1158 xxx Adds the test 'xxx' to the current set of tests.
1159 -xxx Removes 'xxx' from the current set of tests. If this is the
1160 first token in the list, the current set of tests is first
1161 assigned the whole set of available tests, effectively making
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1163 nn Adds the test group 'nn' (which is a number) to the current
1164 set of tests.
1165 -nn Removes the test group 'nn' from the current set of tests.
1166 If this is the first token in the list, the current set of
1167 tests is first assigned the whole set of available tests,
1168 effectively making this token equivalent to
1169 TESTS="alltests -xxx".
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1171 Also, all tokens except for "alltests" may have wildcards, such as *.
1172 (on Unix and Windows, BSD style wildcards are supported, while on VMS,
1173 it's VMS style wildcards)
1174
1175 Example: All tests except for the fuzz tests:
1176
1177 $ make TESTS=-test_fuzz test
1178
1179 or (if you want to be explicit)
1180
1181 $ make TESTS='alltests -test_fuzz' test
1182
1183 Example: All tests that have a name starting with "test_ssl" but not those
1184 starting with "test_ssl_":
1185
1186 $ make TESTS='test_ssl* -test_ssl_*' test
1187
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1189
1190 $ make TESTS='10'
1191
1192 Example: All tests except the slow group (group 99):
1193
1194 $ make TESTS='-99'
1195
1196 Example: All tests in test groups 80 to 99 except for tests in group 90:
1197
1198 $ make TESTS='[89]? -90'
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1201 -----------------------
1202
1203 For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what compiler options
1204 are needed to generate a library that is suitable for multi-threaded
1205 applications. On these systems, support for multi-threading is enabled
1206 by default; use the "no-threads" option to disable (this should never be
1207 necessary).
1208
1209 On other systems, to enable support for multi-threading, you will have
33d50ef6 1210 to specify at least two options: "threads", and a system-dependent option.
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1212 case, obviously, is not to include support for multi-threading (but
1213 you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message
1214 from the Configure script.)
1215
35d8fa56 1216 OpenSSL provides built-in support for two threading models: pthreads (found on
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1218 supported. If your platform does not provide pthreads or Windows threads then
1219 you should Configure with the "no-threads" option.
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1222 -------------------------
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1225 build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems
1226 the shared libraries will be created by default. This can be suppressed and
1227 only static libraries created by using the "no-shared" option. On systems
1228 where OpenSSL does not know how to build shared libraries the "no-shared"
1229 option will be forced and only static libraries will be created.
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1231 Shared libraries are named a little differently on different platforms.
1232 One way or another, they all have the major OpenSSL version number as
1233 part of the file name, i.e. for OpenSSL 1.1.x, 1.1 is somehow part of
1234 the name.
1235
c257f61f 1236 On most POSIX platforms, shared libraries are named libcrypto.so.1.1
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1237 and libssl.so.1.1.
1238
1239 on Cygwin, shared libraries are named cygcrypto-1.1.dll and cygssl-1.1.dll
1240 with import libraries libcrypto.dll.a and libssl.dll.a.
1241
1242 On Windows build with MSVC or using MingW, shared libraries are named
1243 libcrypto-1_1.dll and libssl-1_1.dll for 32-bit Windows, libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
1244 and libssl-1_1-x64.dll for 64-bit x86_64 Windows, and libcrypto-1_1-ia64.dll
1245 and libssl-1_1-ia64.dll for IA64 Windows. With MSVC, the import libraries
1246 are named libcrypto.lib and libssl.lib, while with MingW, they are named
b77b6127 1247 libcrypto.dll.a and libssl.dll.a.
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1249 On VMS, shareable images (VMS speak for shared libraries) are named
1250 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr.exe. However, when
1251 OpenSSL is specifically built for 32-bit pointers, the shareable images
1252 are named ossl$libcrypto0101_shr32.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr32.exe
1253 instead, and when built for 64-bit pointers, they are named
1254 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr64.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr64.exe.
1255
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1256 Note on random number generation
1257 --------------------------------
1258
1259 Availability of cryptographically secure random numbers is required for
1260 secret key generation. OpenSSL provides several options to seed the
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1264 The seeding method can be configured using the --with-rand-seed option,
1265 which can be used to specify a comma separated list of seed methods.
1266 However in most cases OpenSSL will choose a suitable default method,
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1268 that not all methods are available on all platforms.
1269
1270 I) On operating systems which provide a suitable randomness source (in
1271 form of a system call or system device), OpenSSL will use the optimal
1272 available method to seed the CSPRNG from the operating system's
1273 randomness sources. This corresponds to the option --with-rand-seed=os.
1274
1275 II) On systems without such a suitable randomness source, automatic seeding
1276 and reseeding is disabled (--with-rand-seed=none) and it may be necessary
1277 to install additional support software to obtain a random seed and reseed
1278 the CSPRNG manually. Please check out the manual pages for RAND_add(),
1279 RAND_bytes(), RAND_egd(), and the FAQ for more information.