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2 OPENSSL INSTALLATION
3 --------------------
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5 This document describes installation on all supported operating
6 systems (the Linux/Unix family, OpenVMS and Windows)
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8 To install OpenSSL, you will need:
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10 * A make implementation
11 * Perl 5 with core modules (please read NOTES.PERL)
12 * The perl module Text::Template (please read NOTES.PERL)
73bfb9ad 13 * an ANSI C compiler
d5957691 14 * a development environment in the form of development libraries and C
d57d85ff 15 header files
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16 * a supported operating system
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18 For additional platform specific requirements, solutions to specific
19 issues and other details, please read one of these:
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45632ee3 21 * NOTES.UNIX (any supported Unix like system)
b32b8961 22 * NOTES.VMS (OpenVMS)
20ab55f4 23 * NOTES.WIN (any supported Windows)
07930a75 24 * NOTES.DJGPP (DOS platform with DJGPP)
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26 Notational conventions in this document
27 ---------------------------------------
28
29 Throughout this document, we use the following conventions in command
30 examples:
31
32 $ command Any line starting with a dollar sign
33 ($) is a command line.
34
35 { word1 | word2 | word3 } This denotes a mandatory choice, to be
36 replaced with one of the given words.
37 A simple example would be this:
38
39 $ echo { FOO | BAR | COOKIE }
40
41 which is to be understood as one of
42 these:
43
44 $ echo FOO
45 - or -
46 $ echo BAR
47 - or -
48 $ echo COOKIE
49
50 [ word1 | word2 | word3 ] Similar to { word1 | word2 | word3 }
51 except it's optional to give any of
52 those. In addition to the examples
53 above, this would also be valid:
54
55 $ echo
56
57 {{ target }} This denotes a mandatory word or
58 sequence of words of some sort. A
59 simple example would be this:
60
61 $ type {{ filename }}
62
63 which is to be understood to use the
64 command 'type' on some file name
65 determined by the user.
66
67 [[ options ]] Similar to {{ target }}, but is
68 optional.
69
70 Note that the notation assumes spaces around {, }, [, ], {{, }} and
71 [[, ]]. This is to differentiate from OpenVMS directory
72 specifications, which also use [ and ], but without spaces.
73
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74 Quick Start
75 -----------
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4109b97c 77 If you want to just get on with it, do:
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79 on Unix:
80
81 $ ./config
82 $ make
83 $ make test
84 $ make install
85
86 on OpenVMS:
87
88 $ @config
89 $ mms
90 $ mms test
91 $ mms install
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93 on Windows (only pick one of the targets for configuration):
94
95 $ perl Configure { VC-WIN32 | VC-WIN64A | VC-WIN64I | VC-CE }
96 $ nmake
97 $ nmake test
8c16829e 98 $ nmake install
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ea24fe29 100 If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.
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102 This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is:
103
104 Unix: normal installation directories under /usr/local
105 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version'...], where 'version' is the
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106 OpenSSL version number with underscores instead of periods.
107 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
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109 If you want to install it anywhere else, run config like this:
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111 On Unix:
112
113 $ ./config --prefix=/opt/openssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl
114
115 On OpenVMS:
116
117 $ @config --prefix=PROGRAM:[INSTALLS] --openssldir=SYS$MANAGER:[OPENSSL]
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119 (Note: if you do add options to the configuration command, please make sure
120 you've read more than just this Quick Start, such as relevant NOTES.* files,
121 the options outline below, as configuration options may change the outcome
122 in otherwise unexpected ways)
123
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125 Configuration Options
126 ---------------------
127
2d99cee7 128 There are several options to ./config (or ./Configure) to customize
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129 the build (note that for Windows, the defaults for --prefix and
130 --openssldir depend in what configuration is used and what Windows
131 implementation OpenSSL is built on. More notes on this in NOTES.WIN):
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133 --api=x.y.z
134 Don't build with support for deprecated APIs below the
135 specified version number. For example "--api=1.1.0" will
136 remove support for all APIS that were deprecated in OpenSSL
137 version 1.1.0 or below.
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139 --cross-compile-prefix=PREFIX
140 The PREFIX to include in front of commands for your
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141 toolchain. It's likely to have to end with dash, e.g.
142 a-b-c- would invoke GNU compiler as a-b-c-gcc, etc.
143 Unfortunately cross-compiling is too case-specific to
144 put together one-size-fits-all instructions. You might
145 have to pass more flags or set up environment variables
146 to actually make it work. Android and iOS cases are
147 discussed in corresponding Configurations/10-main.cf
148 sections. But there are cases when this option alone is
149 sufficient. For example to build the mingw64 target on
150 Linux "--cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32-"
151 works. Naturally provided that mingw packages are
152 installed. Today Debian and Ubuntu users have option to
153 install a number of prepackaged cross-compilers along
154 with corresponding run-time and development packages for
155 "alien" hardware. To give another example
156 "--cross-compile-prefix=mipsel-linux-gnu-" suffices
157 in such case. Needless to mention that you have to
158 invoke ./Configure, not ./config, and pass your target
159 name explicitly.
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161 --debug
162 Build OpenSSL with debugging symbols.
163
164 --libdir=DIR
165 The name of the directory under the top of the installation
166 directory tree (see the --prefix option) where libraries will
167 be installed. By default this is "lib". Note that on Windows
168 only ".lib" files will be stored in this location. dll files
169 will always be installed to the "bin" directory.
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171 --openssldir=DIR
172 Directory for OpenSSL configuration files, and also the
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173 default certificate and key store. Defaults are:
174
667c6bfe 175 Unix: /usr/local/ssl
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176 Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL
177 or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SSL
667c6bfe 178 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-COMMON]
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180 --prefix=DIR
181 The top of the installation directory tree. Defaults are:
182
183 Unix: /usr/local
184 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL
185 or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
186 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version']
187
188 --release
189 Build OpenSSL without debugging symbols. This is the default.
190
191 --strict-warnings
192 This is a developer flag that switches on various compiler
193 options recommended for OpenSSL development. It only works
194 when using gcc or clang as the compiler. If you are
195 developing a patch for OpenSSL then it is recommended that
196 you use this option where possible.
197
198 --with-zlib-include=DIR
199 The directory for the location of the zlib include file. This
200 option is only necessary if enable-zlib (see below) is used
201 and the include file is not already on the system include
202 path.
203
204 --with-zlib-lib=LIB
205 On Unix: this is the directory containing the zlib library.
206 If not provided the system library path will be used.
207 On Windows: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
208 without a path). This flag must be provided if the
209 zlib-dynamic option is not also used. If zlib-dynamic is used
210 then this flag is optional and a default value ("ZLIB1") is
211 used if not provided.
212 On VMS: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
213 without a path). This flag is optional and if not provided
214 then "GNV$LIBZSHR", "GNV$LIBZSHR32" or "GNV$LIBZSHR64" is
215 used by default depending on the pointer size chosen.
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217 no-afalgeng
218 Don't build the AFALG engine. This option will be forced if
219 on a platform that does not support AFALG.
220
fa28bfd6 221 enable-asan
f430ba31 222 Build with the Address sanitiser. This is a developer option
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223 only. It may not work on all platforms and should never be
224 used in production environments. It will only work when used
225 with gcc or clang and should be used in conjunction with the
226 no-shared option.
227
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229 Do not use assembler code. On some platforms a small amount
230 of assembler code may still be used.
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232 no-async
233 Do not build support for async operations.
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235 no-autoalginit
236 Don't automatically load all supported ciphers and digests.
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237 Typically OpenSSL will make available all of its supported
238 ciphers and digests. For a statically linked application this
239 may be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
240 This only affects libcrypto. Ciphers and digests will have to
241 be loaded manually using EVP_add_cipher() and
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242 EVP_add_digest() if this option is used. This option will
243 force a non-shared build.
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245 no-autoerrinit
246 Don't automatically load all libcrypto/libssl error strings.
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247 Typically OpenSSL will automatically load human readable
248 error strings. For a statically linked application this may
249 be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
250
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252 no-capieng
253 Don't build the CAPI engine. This option will be forced if
254 on a platform that does not support CAPI.
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256 no-cms
257 Don't build support for CMS features
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259 no-comp
260 Don't build support for SSL/TLS compression. If this option
261 is left enabled (the default), then compression will only
262 work if the zlib or zlib-dynamic options are also chosen.
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264 enable-crypto-mdebug
265 Build support for debugging memory allocated via
266 OPENSSL_malloc() or OPENSSL_zalloc().
267
268 enable-crypto-mdebug-backtrace
269 As for crypto-mdebug, but additionally provide backtrace
270 information for allocated memory.
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271 TO BE USED WITH CARE: this uses GNU C functionality, and
272 is therefore not usable for non-GNU config targets. If
273 your build complains about the use of '-rdynamic' or the
274 lack of header file execinfo.h, this option is not for you.
275 ALSO NOTE that even though execinfo.h is available on your
276 system (through Gnulib), the functions might just be stubs
277 that do nothing.
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279 no-ct
280 Don't build support for Certificate Transparency.
281
282 no-deprecated
283 Don't build with support for any deprecated APIs. This is the
284 same as using "--api" and supplying the latest version
285 number.
286
287 no-dgram
288 Don't build support for datagram based BIOs. Selecting this
289 option will also force the disabling of DTLS.
290
291 no-dso
292 Don't build support for loading Dynamic Shared Objects.
293
294 no-dynamic-engine
295 Don't build the dynamically loaded engines. This only has an
296 effect in a "shared" build
297
298 no-ec
299 Don't build support for Elliptic Curves.
300
301 no-ec2m
302 Don't build support for binary Elliptic Curves
303
304 enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128
305 Enable support for optimised implementations of some commonly
306 used NIST elliptic curves. This is only supported on some
307 platforms.
308
309 enable-egd
310 Build support for gathering entropy from EGD (Entropy
311 Gathering Daemon).
312
313 no-engine
314 Don't build support for loading engines.
315
316 no-err
317 Don't compile in any error strings.
318
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319 enable-external-tests
320 Enable building of integration with external test suites.
321 This is a developer option and may not work on all platforms.
322 The only supported external test suite at the current time is
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323 the BoringSSL test suite. See the file test/README.external
324 for further details.
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326 no-filenames
327 Don't compile in filename and line number information (e.g.
328 for errors and memory allocation).
329
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330 enable-fuzz-libfuzzer, enable-fuzz-afl
331 Build with support for fuzzing using either libfuzzer or AFL.
332 These are developer options only. They may not work on all
333 platforms and should never be used in production environments.
334 See the file fuzz/README.md for further details.
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336 no-gost
337 Don't build support for GOST based ciphersuites. Note that
338 if this feature is enabled then GOST ciphersuites are only
339 available if the GOST algorithms are also available through
340 loading an externally supplied engine.
341
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342 no-hw-padlock
343 Don't build the padlock engine.
344
345 no-makedepend
05328815 346 Don't generate dependencies.
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348 no-multiblock
349 Don't build support for writing multiple records in one
350 go in libssl (Note: this is a different capability to the
351 pipelining functionality).
352
353 no-nextprotoneg
354 Don't build support for the NPN TLS extension.
355
356 no-ocsp
357 Don't build support for OCSP.
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359 no-pic
360 Don't build with support for Position Independent Code.
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362 no-posix-io
363 Don't use POSIX IO capabilities.
364
365 no-psk
366 Don't build support for Pre-Shared Key based ciphersuites.
367
368 no-rdrand
369 Don't use hardware RDRAND capabilities.
370
371 no-rfc3779
372 Don't build support for RFC3779 ("X.509 Extensions for IP
373 Addresses and AS Identifiers")
374
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375 sctp
376 Build support for SCTP
377
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378 no-shared
379 Do not create shared libraries, only static ones. See "Note
380 on shared libraries" below.
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382 no-sock
383 Don't build support for socket BIOs
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385 no-srp
386 Don't build support for SRP or SRP based ciphersuites.
387
388 no-srtp
389 Don't build SRTP support
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392 Exclude SSE2 code paths from 32-bit x86 assembly modules.
393 Normally SSE2 extension is detected at run-time, but the
394 decision whether or not the machine code will be executed
395 is taken solely on CPU capability vector. This means that
396 if you happen to run OS kernel which does not support SSE2
397 extension on Intel P4 processor, then your application
398 might be exposed to "illegal instruction" exception.
399 There might be a way to enable support in kernel, e.g.
400 FreeBSD kernel can be compiled with CPU_ENABLE_SSE, and
401 there is a way to disengage SSE2 code paths upon application
402 start-up, but if you aim for wider "audience" running
403 such kernel, consider no-sse2. Both the 386 and
404 no-asm options imply no-sse2.
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406 enable-ssl-trace
407 Build with the SSL Trace capabilities (adds the "-trace"
408 option to s_client and s_server).
409
410 no-static-engine
411 Don't build the statically linked engines. This only
412 has an impact when not built "shared".
413
414 no-stdio
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415 Don't use anything from the C header file "stdio.h" that
416 makes use of the "FILE" type. Only libcrypto and libssl can
417 be built in this way. Using this option will suppress
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418 building the command line applications. Additionally since
419 the OpenSSL tests also use the command line applications the
420 tests will also be skipped.
421
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422 no-tests
423 Don't build test programs or run any test.
424
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425 no-threads
426 Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
427 applications.
428
429 threads
430 Build with support for multi-threaded applications. Most
431 platforms will enable this by default. However if on a
432 platform where this is not the case then this will usually
433 require additional system-dependent options! See "Note on
434 multi-threading" below.
435
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436 enable-tls13downgrade
437 TODO(TLS1.3): Make this enabled by default and remove the
438 option when TLSv1.3 is out of draft
439 TLSv1.3 offers a downgrade protection mechanism. This is
440 implemented but disabled by default. It should not typically
441 be enabled except for testing purposes. Otherwise this could
442 cause problems if a pre-RFC version of OpenSSL talks to an
443 RFC implementation (it will erroneously be detected as a
444 downgrade).
445
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446 no-ts
447 Don't build Time Stamping Authority support.
448
fa28bfd6 449 enable-ubsan
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451 developer option only. It may not work on all platforms and
452 should never be used in production environments. It will only
453 work when used with gcc or clang and should be used in
454 conjunction with the "-DPEDANTIC" option (or the
455 --strict-warnings option).
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457 no-ui
458 Don't build with the "UI" capability (i.e. the set of
459 features enabling text based prompts).
460
461 enable-unit-test
462 Enable additional unit test APIs. This should not typically
463 be used in production deployments.
464
465 enable-weak-ssl-ciphers
466 Build support for SSL/TLS ciphers that are considered "weak"
467 (e.g. RC4 based ciphersuites).
468
469 zlib
470 Build with support for zlib compression/decompression.
471
472 zlib-dynamic
473 Like "zlib", but has OpenSSL load the zlib library
474 dynamically when needed. This is only supported on systems
475 where loading of shared libraries is supported.
476
477 386
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478 In 32-bit x86 builds, when generating assembly modules,
479 use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code
480 is more efficient, but requires at least a 486). Note:
481 This doesn't affect code generated by compiler, you're
482 likely to complement configuration command line with
483 suitable compiler-specific option.
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485 enable-tls1_3
486 TODO(TLS1.3): Make this enabled by default
487 Build support for TLS1.3. Note: This is a WIP feature and
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488 only a single draft version is supported. Implementations
489 of different draft versions will negotiate TLS 1.2 instead
490 of (draft) TLS 1.3. Use with caution!!
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492 no-<prot>
493 Don't build support for negotiating the specified SSL/TLS
494 protocol (one of ssl, ssl3, tls, tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2, dtls,
495 dtls1 or dtls1_2). If "no-tls" is selected then all of tls1,
496 tls1_1 and tls1_2 are disabled. Similarly "no-dtls" will
497 disable dtls1 and dtls1_2. The "no-ssl" option is synonymous
498 with "no-ssl3". Note this only affects version negotiation.
499 OpenSSL will still provide the methods for applications to
500 explicitly select the individual protocol versions.
501
502 no-<prot>-method
503 As for no-<prot> but in addition do not build the methods for
504 applications to explicitly select individual protocol
505 versions.
506
507 enable-<alg>
508 Build with support for the specified algorithm, where <alg>
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511 no-<alg>
512 Build without support for the specified algorithm, where
513 <alg> is one of: bf, blake2, camellia, cast, chacha, cmac,
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515 rc2, rc4, rmd160, scrypt, seed, siphash, sm3, sm4 or
516 whirlpool. The "ripemd" algorithm is deprecated and if used
517 is synonymous with rmd160.
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a3cb4cfc 519 -Dxxx, lxxx, -Lxxx, -Wl, -rpath, -R, -framework, -static
a74341f9 520 These system specific options will be recognised and
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521 passed through to the compiler to allow you to define
522 preprocessor symbols, specify additional libraries, library
523 directories or other compiler options. It might be worth
524 noting that some compilers generate code specifically for
525 processor the compiler currently executes on. This is not
526 necessarily what you might have in mind, since it might be
527 unsuitable for execution on other, typically older,
528 processor. Consult your compiler documentation.
529
530 -xxx, +xxx
531 Additional options that are not otherwise recognised are
532 passed through as they are to the compiler as well. Again,
533 consult your compiler documentation.
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537 ----------------------
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4109b97c 539 1a. Configure OpenSSL for your operation system automatically:
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541 NOTE: This is not available on Windows.
542
ea24fe29 543 $ ./config [[ options ]] # Unix
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545 or
546
ea24fe29 547 $ @config [[ options ]] ! OpenVMS
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549 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
550 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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4109b97c 552 This guesses at your operating system (and compiler, if necessary) and
b1fe6b43 553 configures OpenSSL based on this guess. Run ./config -t to see
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554 if it guessed correctly. If you want to use a different compiler, you
555 are cross-compiling for another platform, or the ./config guess was
556 wrong for other reasons, go to step 1b. Otherwise go to step 2.
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559
ea24fe29 560 $ ./config -d [[ options ]]
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c9f06e7f 562 1b. Configure OpenSSL for your operating system manually
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564 OpenSSL knows about a range of different operating system, hardware and
565 compiler combinations. To see the ones it knows about, run
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567 $ ./Configure # Unix
568
569 or
570
571 $ perl Configure # All other platforms
572
573 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
574 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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576 Pick a suitable name from the list that matches your system. For most
577 operating systems there is a choice between using "cc" or "gcc". When
578 you have identified your system (and if necessary compiler) use this name
2acd8ec7 579 as the argument to Configure. For example, a "linux-elf" user would
4109b97c 580 run:
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ea24fe29 582 $ ./Configure linux-elf [[ options ]]
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5bb9e2b4 584 If your system isn't listed, you will have to create a configuration
ea24fe29 585 file named Configurations/{{ something }}.conf and add the correct
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586 configuration for your system. See the available configs as examples
587 and read Configurations/README and Configurations/README.design for
588 more information.
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590 The generic configurations "cc" or "gcc" should usually work on 32 bit
591 Unix-like systems.
592
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593 Configure creates a build file ("Makefile" on Unix, "makefile" on Windows
594 and "descrip.mms" on OpenVMS) from a suitable template in Configurations,
595 and defines various macros in include/openssl/opensslconf.h (generated from
596 include/openssl/opensslconf.h.in).
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598 1c. Configure OpenSSL for building outside of the source tree.
599
600 OpenSSL can be configured to build in a build directory separate from
601 the directory with the source code. It's done by placing yourself in
602 some other directory and invoking the configuration commands from
603 there.
604
605 Unix example:
606
607 $ mkdir /var/tmp/openssl-build
608 $ cd /var/tmp/openssl-build
ea24fe29 609 $ /PATH/TO/OPENSSL/SOURCE/config [[ options ]]
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611 or
612
ea24fe29 613 $ /PATH/TO/OPENSSL/SOURCE/Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
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615 OpenVMS example:
616
617 $ set default sys$login:
618 $ create/dir [.tmp.openssl-build]
619 $ set default [.tmp.openssl-build]
ea24fe29 620 $ @[PATH.TO.OPENSSL.SOURCE]config [[ options ]]
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622 or
623
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626 Windows example:
627
628 $ C:
629 $ mkdir \temp-openssl
630 $ cd \temp-openssl
ea24fe29 631 $ perl d:\PATH\TO\OPENSSL\SOURCE\Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
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633 Paths can be relative just as well as absolute. Configure will
634 do its best to translate them to relative paths whenever possible.
635
462ba4f6 636 2. Build OpenSSL by running:
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638 $ make # Unix
639 $ mms ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
b32b8961 640 $ nmake # Windows
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643 Unix, corresponding on other platforms) and the OpenSSL binary
644 ("openssl"). The libraries will be built in the top-level directory,
645 and the binary will be in the "apps" subdirectory.
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647 If the build fails, look at the output. There may be reasons
648 for the failure that aren't problems in OpenSSL itself (like
649 missing standard headers). If you are having problems you can
650 get help by sending an email to the openssl-users email list (see
651 https://www.openssl.org/community/mailinglists.html for details). If
652 it is a bug with OpenSSL itself, please open an issue on GitHub, at
653 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues. Please review the existing
654 ones first; maybe the bug was already reported or has already been
d5957691 655 fixed.
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658 configuration option as an immediate fix.)
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661 compiler will result in unresolved symbols on some systems.
662
462ba4f6 663 3. After a successful build, the libraries should be tested. Run:
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666 $ mms test ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 667 $ nmake test # Windows
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6616429d 669 NOTE: you MUST run the tests from an unprivileged account (or
f430ba31 670 disable your privileges temporarily if your platform allows it).
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672 If some tests fail, look at the output. There may be reasons for
673 the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like a
674 malfunction with Perl). You may want increased verbosity, that
675 can be accomplished like this:
676
be6bdab6 677 $ make VERBOSE=1 test # Unix
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e8173157 679 $ mms /macro=(VERBOSE=1) test ! OpenVMS
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be6bdab6 681 $ nmake VERBOSE=1 test # Windows
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683 If you want to run just one or a few specific tests, you can use
684 the make variable TESTS to specify them, like this:
685
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687 $ mms/macro="TESTS=test_rsa test_dsa" test ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 688 $ nmake TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test # Windows
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2acd8ec7 690 And of course, you can combine (Unix example shown):
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694 You can find the list of available tests like this:
695
2acd8ec7 696 $ make list-tests # Unix
5bb9e2b4 697 $ mms list-tests ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 698 $ nmake list-tests # Windows
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701 see what other HARNESS_* variables there are.
702
2e996acf 703 If you find a problem with OpenSSL itself, try removing any
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704 compiler optimization flags from the CFLAGS line in Makefile and
705 run "make clean; make" or corresponding.
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708 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues.
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710 For more details on how the make variables TESTS can be used,
711 see section TESTS in Detail below.
712
462ba4f6 713 4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with
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716 $ mms install ! OpenVMS
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719 This will install all the software components in this directory
720 tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its
721 default):
722
723 Unix:
724
725 bin/ Contains the openssl binary and a few other
726 utility scripts.
727 include/openssl
728 Contains the header files needed if you want
729 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
730 or libssl.
731 lib Contains the OpenSSL library files.
732 lib/engines Contains the OpenSSL dynamically loadable engines.
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734 share/man/man1 Contains the OpenSSL command line man-pages.
735 share/man/man3 Contains the OpenSSL library calls man-pages.
736 share/man/man5 Contains the OpenSSL configuration format man-pages.
737 share/man/man7 Contains the OpenSSL other misc man-pages.
738
739 share/doc/openssl/html/man1
740 share/doc/openssl/html/man3
741 share/doc/openssl/html/man5
742 share/doc/openssl/html/man7
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744
745 OpenVMS ('arch' is replaced with the architecture name, "Alpha"
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747 (0101 for 1.1), and 'pz' is replaced with the pointer size
748 OpenSSL was built with):
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751 [.EXE] Contains a few utility scripts.
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753 Contains the header files needed if you want
754 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
755 or libssl.
756 [.LIB.'arch'] Contains the OpenSSL library files.
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758 Contains the OpenSSL dynamically loadable engines.
759 [.SYS$STARTUP] Contains startup, login and shutdown scripts.
760 These define appropriate logical names and
761 command symbols.
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763 [.HTML] Contains the HTML rendition of the manual pages.
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765
766 Additionally, install will add the following directories under
767 OPENSSLDIR (the directory given with --openssldir or its default)
768 for you convenience:
769
770 certs Initially empty, this is the default location
771 for certificate files.
772 private Initially empty, this is the default location
773 for private key files.
774 misc Various scripts.
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777 locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
778 it can easily be packaged, can use
779
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780 $ make DESTDIR=/tmp/package-root install # Unix
781 $ mms/macro="DESTDIR=TMP:[PACKAGE-ROOT]" install ! OpenVMS
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3c65577f 783 The specified destination directory will be prepended to all
2acd8ec7 784 installation target paths.
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2acd8ec7 786 Compatibility issues with previous OpenSSL versions:
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788 * COMPILING existing applications
789
fa28bfd6 790 OpenSSL 1.1.0 hides a number of structures that were previously
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791 open. This includes all internal libssl structures and a number
792 of EVP types. Accessor functions have been added to allow
793 controlled access to the structures' data.
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795 This means that some software needs to be rewritten to adapt to
796 the new ways of doing things. This often amounts to allocating
797 an instance of a structure explicitly where you could previously
798 allocate them on the stack as automatic variables, and using the
799 provided accessor functions where you would previously access a
800 structure's field directly.
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802 Some APIs have changed as well. However, older APIs have been
803 preserved when possible.
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806 ---------------------
807
808 A number of environment variables can be used to provide additional control
809 over the build process. Typically these should be defined prior to running
810 config or Configure. Not all environment variables are relevant to all
811 platforms.
812
813 AR
814 The name of the ar executable to use.
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817 Use a different build file name than the platform default
818 ("Makefile" on Unixly platforms, "makefile" on native Windows,
819 "descrip.mms" on OpenVMS). This requires that there is a
820 corresponding build file template. See Configurations/README
821 for further information.
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824 The compiler to use. Configure will attempt to pick a default
825 compiler for your platform but this choice can be overridden
826 using this variable. Set it to the compiler executable you wish
827 to use, e.g. "gcc" or "clang".
828
829 CROSS_COMPILE
830 This environment variable has the same meaning as for the
831 "--cross-compile-prefix" Configure flag described above. If both
832 are set then the Configure flag takes precedence.
833
834 NM
835 The name of the nm executable to use.
836
837 OPENSSL_LOCAL_CONFIG_DIR
838 OpenSSL comes with a database of information about how it
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840 templates for those platforms. The database is comprised of
841 ".conf" files in the Configurations directory. The build
842 file templates reside there as well as ".tmpl" files. See the
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845 files.
846 In addition to the standard ".conf" and ".tmpl" files, it is
847 possible to create your own ".conf" and ".tmpl" files and store
848 them locally, outside the OpenSSL source tree. This environment
849 variable can be set to the directory where these files are held
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851 standard directories.
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853 PERL
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855 This variable is used in config script only. Configure on the
856 other hand imposes the interpreter by which it itself was
857 executed on the whole build procedure.
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859 HASHBANGPERL
860 The command string for the Perl executable to insert in the
861 #! line of perl scripts that will be publically installed.
862 Default: /usr/bin/env perl
863 Note: the value of this variable is added to the same scripts
864 on all platforms, but it's only relevant on Unix-like platforms.
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866 RC
867 The name of the rc executable to use. The default will be as
868 defined for the target platform in the ".conf" file. If not
869 defined then "windres" will be used. The WINDRES environment
870 variable is synonymous to this. If both are defined then RC
871 takes precedence.
872
873 RANLIB
874 The name of the ranlib executable to use.
875
876 WINDRES
877 See RC.
878
879 Makefile targets
880 ----------------
881
882 The Configure script generates a Makefile in a format relevant to the specific
883 platform. The Makefiles provide a number of targets that can be used. Not all
884 targets may be available on all platforms. Only the most common targets are
885 described here. Examine the Makefiles themselves for the full list.
886
887 all
888 The default target to build all the software components.
889
890 clean
891 Remove all build artefacts and return the directory to a "clean"
892 state.
893
894 depend
895 Rebuild the dependencies in the Makefiles. This is a legacy
896 option that no longer needs to be used in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
897
898 install
899 Install all OpenSSL components.
900
901 install_sw
902 Only install the OpenSSL software components.
903
904 install_docs
905 Only install the OpenSSL documentation components.
906
907 install_man_docs
908 Only install the OpenSSL man pages (Unix only).
909
910 install_html_docs
911 Only install the OpenSSL html documentation.
912
913 list-tests
914 Prints a list of all the self test names.
915
916 test
917 Build and run the OpenSSL self tests.
918
919 uninstall
920 Uninstall all OpenSSL components.
921
922 update
923 This is a developer option. If you are developing a patch for
924 OpenSSL you may need to use this if you want to update
925 automatically generated files; add new error codes or add new
926 (or change the visibility of) public API functions. (Unix only).
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929 ---------------
930
931 The make variable TESTS supports a versatile set of space separated tokens
932 with which you can specify a set of tests to be performed. With a "current
933 set of tests" in mind, initially being empty, here are the possible tokens:
934
935 alltests The current set of tests becomes the whole set of available
936 tests (as listed when you do 'make list-tests' or similar).
937 xxx Adds the test 'xxx' to the current set of tests.
938 -xxx Removes 'xxx' from the current set of tests. If this is the
939 first token in the list, the current set of tests is first
940 assigned the whole set of available tests, effectively making
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942 nn Adds the test group 'nn' (which is a number) to the current
943 set of tests.
944 -nn Removes the test group 'nn' from the current set of tests.
945 If this is the first token in the list, the current set of
946 tests is first assigned the whole set of available tests,
947 effectively making this token equivalent to
948 TESTS="alltests -xxx".
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950 Also, all tokens except for "alltests" may have wildcards, such as *.
951 (on Unix and Windows, BSD style wildcards are supported, while on VMS,
952 it's VMS style wildcards)
953
954 Example: All tests except for the fuzz tests:
955
956 $ make TESTS=-test_fuzz test
957
958 or (if you want to be explicit)
959
960 $ make TESTS='alltests -test_fuzz' test
961
962 Example: All tests that have a name starting with "test_ssl" but not those
963 starting with "test_ssl_":
964
965 $ make TESTS='test_ssl* -test_ssl_*' test
966
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968
969 $ make TESTS='10'
970
971 Example: All tests except the slow group (group 99):
972
973 $ make TESTS='-99'
974
975 Example: All tests in test groups 80 to 99 except for tests in group 90:
976
977 $ make TESTS='[89]? -90'
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980 -----------------------
981
982 For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what compiler options
983 are needed to generate a library that is suitable for multi-threaded
984 applications. On these systems, support for multi-threading is enabled
985 by default; use the "no-threads" option to disable (this should never be
986 necessary).
987
988 On other systems, to enable support for multi-threading, you will have
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991 case, obviously, is not to include support for multi-threading (but
992 you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message
993 from the Configure script.)
994
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997 supported. If your platform does not provide pthreads or Windows threads then
998 you should Configure with the "no-threads" option.
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1004 build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems
1005 the shared libraries will be created by default. This can be suppressed and
1006 only static libraries created by using the "no-shared" option. On systems
1007 where OpenSSL does not know how to build shared libraries the "no-shared"
1008 option will be forced and only static libraries will be created.
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1011 One way or another, they all have the major OpenSSL version number as
1012 part of the file name, i.e. for OpenSSL 1.1.x, 1.1 is somehow part of
1013 the name.
1014
1015 On most POSIXly platforms, shared libraries are named libcrypto.so.1.1
1016 and libssl.so.1.1.
1017
1018 on Cygwin, shared libraries are named cygcrypto-1.1.dll and cygssl-1.1.dll
1019 with import libraries libcrypto.dll.a and libssl.dll.a.
1020
1021 On Windows build with MSVC or using MingW, shared libraries are named
1022 libcrypto-1_1.dll and libssl-1_1.dll for 32-bit Windows, libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
1023 and libssl-1_1-x64.dll for 64-bit x86_64 Windows, and libcrypto-1_1-ia64.dll
1024 and libssl-1_1-ia64.dll for IA64 Windows. With MSVC, the import libraries
1025 are named libcrypto.lib and libssl.lib, while with MingW, they are named
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1028 On VMS, shareable images (VMS speak for shared libraries) are named
1029 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr.exe. However, when
1030 OpenSSL is specifically built for 32-bit pointers, the shareable images
1031 are named ossl$libcrypto0101_shr32.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr32.exe
1032 instead, and when built for 64-bit pointers, they are named
1033 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr64.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr64.exe.
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1036 --------------------------------
1037
1038 Availability of cryptographically secure random numbers is required for
1039 secret key generation. OpenSSL provides several options to seed the
1040 internal PRNG. If not properly seeded, the internal PRNG will refuse
1041 to deliver random bytes and a "PRNG not seeded error" will occur.
1042 On systems without /dev/urandom (or similar) device, it may be necessary
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1045 and the FAQ for more information.
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