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2 OPENSSL INSTALLATION
3 --------------------
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5 [This document describes installation on all supported operating
6 systems (currently mainly the Linux/Unix family, OpenVMS and
7 Windows)]
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9 To install OpenSSL, you will need:
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11 * A make implementation
12 * Perl 5 with core modules (please read NOTES.PERL)
13 * The perl module Text::Template (please read NOTES.PERL)
73bfb9ad 14 * an ANSI C compiler
d5957691 15 * a development environment in the form of development libraries and C
d57d85ff 16 header files
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17 * a supported operating system
18
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19 For additional platform specific requirements and other details,
20 please read one of these:
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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 Quick Start
27 -----------
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4109b97c 29 If you want to just get on with it, do:
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31 on Unix:
32
33 $ ./config
34 $ make
35 $ make test
36 $ make install
37
38 on OpenVMS:
39
40 $ @config
41 $ mms
42 $ mms test
43 $ mms install
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45 on Windows (only pick one of the targets for configuration):
46
47 $ perl Configure { VC-WIN32 | VC-WIN64A | VC-WIN64I | VC-CE }
48 $ nmake
49 $ nmake test
8c16829e 50 $ nmake install
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d872c55c 52 [If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.]
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54 This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is:
55
56 Unix: normal installation directories under /usr/local
57 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version'...], where 'version' is the
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58 OpenSSL version number with underscores instead of periods.
59 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
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60
61 If you want to install it anywhere else, run config like this:
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63 On Unix:
64
65 $ ./config --prefix=/opt/openssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl
66
67 On OpenVMS:
68
69 $ @config --prefix=PROGRAM:[INSTALLS] --openssldir=SYS$MANAGER:[OPENSSL]
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72 Configuration Options
73 ---------------------
74
2d99cee7 75 There are several options to ./config (or ./Configure) to customize
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76 the build (note that for Windows, the defaults for --prefix and
77 --openssldir depend in what configuration is used and what Windows
78 implementation OpenSSL is built on. More notes on this in NOTES.WIN):
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80 --prefix=DIR
81 The top of the installation directory tree. Defaults are:
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d5957691 83 Unix: /usr/local
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84 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL
85 or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
d5957691 86 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version']
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88 --openssldir=DIR
89 Directory for OpenSSL configuration files, and also the
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90 default certificate and key store. Defaults are:
91
667c6bfe 92 Unix: /usr/local/ssl
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93 Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL
94 or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SSL
667c6bfe 95 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-COMMON]
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97 --api=x.y.z
98 Don't build with support for deprecated APIs below the
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99 specified version number. For example "--api=1.1.0" will
100 remove support for all APIS that were deprecated in OpenSSL
101 version 1.1.0 or below.
102
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103 no-afalgeng
104 Don't build the AFALG engine. This option will be forced if
105 on a platform that does not support AFALG.
106
107 no-asm
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108 Do not use assembler code. On some platforms a small amount
109 of assembler code may still be used.
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111 no-async
112 Do not build support for async operations.
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114 no-autoalginit
115 Don't automatically load all supported ciphers and digests.
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116 Typically OpenSSL will make available all of its supported
117 ciphers and digests. For a statically linked application this
118 may be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
119 This only affects libcrypto. Ciphers and digests will have to
120 be loaded manually using EVP_add_cipher() and
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121 EVP_add_digest() if this option is used. This option will
122 force a non-shared build.
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124 no-autoerrinit
125 Don't automatically load all libcrypto/libssl error strings.
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126 Typically OpenSSL will automatically load human readable
127 error strings. For a statically linked application this may
128 be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
129
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131 no-capieng
132 Don't build the CAPI engine. This option will be forced if
133 on a platform that does not support CAPI.
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135 no-cms
136 Don't build support for CMS features
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138 no-comp
139 Don't build support for SSL/TLS compression. If this option
140 is left enabled (the default), then compression will only
141 work if the zlib or zlib-dynamic options are also chosen.
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143 enable-crypto-mdebug
144 Build support for debugging memory allocated via
145 OPENSSL_malloc() or OPENSSL_zalloc().
146
147 enable-crypto-mdebug-backtrace
148 As for crypto-mdebug, but additionally provide backtrace
149 information for allocated memory.
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150 TO BE USED WITH CARE: this uses GNU C functionality, and
151 is therefore not usable for non-GNU config targets. If
152 your build complains about the use of '-rdynamic' or the
153 lack of header file execinfo.h, this option is not for you.
154 ALSO NOTE that even though execinfo.h is available on your
155 system (through Gnulib), the functions might just be stubs
156 that do nothing.
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158 no-ct
159 Don't build support for Certificate Transparency.
160
161 no-deprecated
162 Don't build with support for any deprecated APIs. This is the
163 same as using "--api" and supplying the latest version
164 number.
165
166 no-dgram
167 Don't build support for datagram based BIOs. Selecting this
168 option will also force the disabling of DTLS.
169
170 no-dso
171 Don't build support for loading Dynamic Shared Objects.
172
173 no-dynamic-engine
174 Don't build the dynamically loaded engines. This only has an
175 effect in a "shared" build
176
177 no-ec
178 Don't build support for Elliptic Curves.
179
180 no-ec2m
181 Don't build support for binary Elliptic Curves
182
183 enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128
184 Enable support for optimised implementations of some commonly
185 used NIST elliptic curves. This is only supported on some
186 platforms.
187
188 enable-egd
189 Build support for gathering entropy from EGD (Entropy
190 Gathering Daemon).
191
192 no-engine
193 Don't build support for loading engines.
194
195 no-err
196 Don't compile in any error strings.
197
198 no-filenames
199 Don't compile in filename and line number information (e.g.
200 for errors and memory allocation).
201
202 no-gost
203 Don't build support for GOST based ciphersuites. Note that
204 if this feature is enabled then GOST ciphersuites are only
205 available if the GOST algorithms are also available through
206 loading an externally supplied engine.
207
208 enable-heartbeats
209 Build support for DTLS heartbeats.
210
211 no-hw-padlock
212 Don't build the padlock engine.
213
214 no-makedepend
05328815 215 Don't generate dependencies.
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217 no-multiblock
218 Don't build support for writing multiple records in one
219 go in libssl (Note: this is a different capability to the
220 pipelining functionality).
221
222 no-nextprotoneg
223 Don't build support for the NPN TLS extension.
224
225 no-ocsp
226 Don't build support for OCSP.
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228 no-pic
229 Don't build with support for Position Independent Code.
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231 no-posix-io
232 Don't use POSIX IO capabilities.
233
234 no-psk
235 Don't build support for Pre-Shared Key based ciphersuites.
236
237 no-rdrand
238 Don't use hardware RDRAND capabilities.
239
240 no-rfc3779
241 Don't build support for RFC3779 ("X.509 Extensions for IP
242 Addresses and AS Identifiers")
243
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244 sctp
245 Build support for SCTP
246
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247 no-shared
248 Do not create shared libraries, only static ones. See "Note
249 on shared libraries" below.
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251 no-sock
252 Don't build support for socket BIOs
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254 no-srp
255 Don't build support for SRP or SRP based ciphersuites.
256
257 no-srtp
258 Don't build SRTP support
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260 no-sse2
261 Exclude SSE2 code paths. Normally SSE2 extension is
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262 detected at run-time, but the decision whether or not the
263 machine code will be executed is taken solely on CPU
264 capability vector. This means that if you happen to run OS
265 kernel which does not support SSE2 extension on Intel P4
266 processor, then your application might be exposed to
267 "illegal instruction" exception. There might be a way
268 to enable support in kernel, e.g. FreeBSD kernel can be
269 compiled with CPU_ENABLE_SSE, and there is a way to
270 disengage SSE2 code pathes upon application start-up,
271 but if you aim for wider "audience" running such kernel,
05328815 272 consider no-sse2. Both the 386 and no-asm options imply
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273 no-sse2.
274
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275 enable-ssl-trace
276 Build with the SSL Trace capabilities (adds the "-trace"
277 option to s_client and s_server).
278
279 no-static-engine
280 Don't build the statically linked engines. This only
281 has an impact when not built "shared".
282
283 no-stdio
284 Don't use any C "stdio" features. Only libcrypto and libssl
285 can be built in this way. Using this option will suppress
286 building the command line applications. Additionally since
287 the OpenSSL tests also use the command line applications the
288 tests will also be skipped.
289
290 no-threads
291 Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
292 applications.
293
294 threads
295 Build with support for multi-threaded applications. Most
296 platforms will enable this by default. However if on a
297 platform where this is not the case then this will usually
298 require additional system-dependent options! See "Note on
299 multi-threading" below.
300
301 no-ts
302 Don't build Time Stamping Authority support.
303
304 no-ui
305 Don't build with the "UI" capability (i.e. the set of
306 features enabling text based prompts).
307
308 enable-unit-test
309 Enable additional unit test APIs. This should not typically
310 be used in production deployments.
311
312 enable-weak-ssl-ciphers
313 Build support for SSL/TLS ciphers that are considered "weak"
314 (e.g. RC4 based ciphersuites).
315
316 zlib
317 Build with support for zlib compression/decompression.
318
319 zlib-dynamic
320 Like "zlib", but has OpenSSL load the zlib library
321 dynamically when needed. This is only supported on systems
322 where loading of shared libraries is supported.
323
324 386
325 On Intel hardware, use the 80386 instruction set only
326 (the default x86 code is more efficient, but requires at
327 least a 486). Note: Use compiler flags for any other CPU
328 specific configuration, e.g. "-m32" to build x86 code on
329 an x64 system.
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331 no-<prot>
332 Don't build support for negotiating the specified SSL/TLS
333 protocol (one of ssl, ssl3, tls, tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2, dtls,
334 dtls1 or dtls1_2). If "no-tls" is selected then all of tls1,
335 tls1_1 and tls1_2 are disabled. Similarly "no-dtls" will
336 disable dtls1 and dtls1_2. The "no-ssl" option is synonymous
337 with "no-ssl3". Note this only affects version negotiation.
338 OpenSSL will still provide the methods for applications to
339 explicitly select the individual protocol versions.
340
341 no-<prot>-method
342 As for no-<prot> but in addition do not build the methods for
343 applications to explicitly select individual protocol
344 versions.
345
346 enable-<alg>
347 Build with support for the specified algorithm, where <alg>
348 is one of: md2 or rc5.
349
350 no-<alg>
351 Build without support for the specified algorithm, where
352 <alg> is one of: bf, blake2, camellia, cast, chacha, cmac,
353 des, dh, dsa, ecdh, ecdsa, idea, md4, md5, mdc2, ocb,
354 ploy1305, rc2, rc4, rmd160, scrypt, seed or whirlpool. The
355 "ripemd" algorithm is deprecated and if used is synonymous
356 with rmd160.
357
358 -Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -mXXX, -Kxxx
359 These system specific options will be passed through to the
360 compiler to allow you to define preprocessor symbols, specify
361 additional libraries, library directories or other compiler
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365 Installation in Detail
366 ----------------------
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4109b97c 368 1a. Configure OpenSSL for your operation system automatically:
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370 NOTE: This is not available on Windows.
371
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372 $ ./config [options] # Unix
373
374 or
375
376 $ @config [options] ! OpenVMS
377
378 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
379 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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4109b97c 381 This guesses at your operating system (and compiler, if necessary) and
b1fe6b43 382 configures OpenSSL based on this guess. Run ./config -t to see
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383 if it guessed correctly. If you want to use a different compiler, you
384 are cross-compiling for another platform, or the ./config guess was
385 wrong for other reasons, go to step 1b. Otherwise go to step 2.
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387 On some systems, you can include debugging information as follows:
388
389 $ ./config -d [options]
390
c9f06e7f 391 1b. Configure OpenSSL for your operating system manually
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393 OpenSSL knows about a range of different operating system, hardware and
394 compiler combinations. To see the ones it knows about, run
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396 $ ./Configure # Unix
397
398 or
399
400 $ perl Configure # All other platforms
401
402 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
403 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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405 Pick a suitable name from the list that matches your system. For most
406 operating systems there is a choice between using "cc" or "gcc". When
407 you have identified your system (and if necessary compiler) use this name
2acd8ec7 408 as the argument to Configure. For example, a "linux-elf" user would
4109b97c 409 run:
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b1fe6b43 411 $ ./Configure linux-elf [options]
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413 If your system isn't listed, you will have to create a configuration
414 file named Configurations/{something}.conf and add the correct
415 configuration for your system. See the available configs as examples
416 and read Configurations/README and Configurations/README.design for
417 more information.
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419 The generic configurations "cc" or "gcc" should usually work on 32 bit
420 Unix-like systems.
421
422 Configure creates a build file ("Makefile" on Unix and "descrip.mms"
423 on OpenVMS) from a suitable template in Configurations, and
b1fe6b43 424 defines various macros in crypto/opensslconf.h (generated from
80611577 425 crypto/opensslconf.h.in).
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427 1c. Configure OpenSSL for building outside of the source tree.
428
429 OpenSSL can be configured to build in a build directory separate from
430 the directory with the source code. It's done by placing yourself in
431 some other directory and invoking the configuration commands from
432 there.
433
434 Unix example:
435
436 $ mkdir /var/tmp/openssl-build
437 $ cd /var/tmp/openssl-build
438 $ /PATH/TO/OPENSSL/SOURCE/config [options]
439
440 or
441
442 $ /PATH/TO/OPENSSL/SOURCE/Configure [target] [options]
443
444 OpenVMS example:
445
446 $ set default sys$login:
447 $ create/dir [.tmp.openssl-build]
448 $ set default [.tmp.openssl-build]
449 $ @[PATH.TO.OPENSSL.SOURCE]config {options}
450
451 or
452
453 $ @[PATH.TO.OPENSSL.SOURCE]Configure {target} {options}
454
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455 Windows example:
456
457 $ C:
458 $ mkdir \temp-openssl
459 $ cd \temp-openssl
460 $ perl d:\PATH\TO\OPENSSL\SOURCE\Configure {target} {options}
461
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462 Paths can be relative just as well as absolute. Configure will
463 do its best to translate them to relative paths whenever possible.
464
462ba4f6 465 2. Build OpenSSL by running:
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467 $ make # Unix
468 $ mms ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
b32b8961 469 $ nmake # Windows
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471 This will build the OpenSSL libraries (libcrypto.a and libssl.a on
472 Unix, corresponding on other platforms) and the OpenSSL binary
473 ("openssl"). The libraries will be built in the top-level directory,
474 and the binary will be in the "apps" subdirectory.
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2acd8ec7 476 If the build fails, look at the output. There may be reasons for
9020b862 477 the failure that aren't problems in OpenSSL itself (like missing
a652ffc4 478 standard headers). If it is a problem with OpenSSL itself, please
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479 report the problem to <rt@openssl.org> (note that your message
480 will be recorded in the request tracker publicly readable at
481 https://www.openssl.org/community/index.html#bugs and will be
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482 forwarded to a public mailing list). Please check out the request
483 tracker. Maybe the bug was already reported or has already been
484 fixed.
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436a376b 486 [If you encounter assembler error messages, try the "no-asm"
b82ccbb7 487 configuration option as an immediate fix.]
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489 Compiling parts of OpenSSL with gcc and others with the system
490 compiler will result in unresolved symbols on some systems.
491
462ba4f6 492 3. After a successful build, the libraries should be tested. Run:
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494 $ make test # Unix
495 $ mms test ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 496 $ nmake test # Windows
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498 If some tests fail, look at the output. There may be reasons for
499 the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like a
500 malfunction with Perl). You may want increased verbosity, that
501 can be accomplished like this:
502
be6bdab6 503 $ make VERBOSE=1 test # Unix
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e8173157 505 $ mms /macro=(VERBOSE=1) test ! OpenVMS
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be6bdab6 507 $ nmake VERBOSE=1 test # Windows
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509 If you want to run just one or a few specific tests, you can use
510 the make variable TESTS to specify them, like this:
511
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512 $ make TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test # Unix
513 $ mms/macro="TESTS=test_rsa test_dsa" test ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 514 $ nmake TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test # Windows
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2acd8ec7 516 And of course, you can combine (Unix example shown):
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be6bdab6 518 $ make VERBOSE=1 TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test
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520 You can find the list of available tests like this:
521
2acd8ec7 522 $ make list-tests # Unix
5bb9e2b4 523 $ mms list-tests ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 524 $ nmake list-tests # Windows
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526 Have a look at the manual for the perl module Test::Harness to
527 see what other HARNESS_* variables there are.
528
2e996acf 529 If you find a problem with OpenSSL itself, try removing any
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530 compiler optimization flags from the CFLAGS line in Makefile and
531 run "make clean; make" or corresponding.
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d5957691 533 Please send a bug reports to <rt@openssl.org>.
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462ba4f6 535 4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with
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537 $ make install # Unix
538 $ mms install ! OpenVMS
539
540 This will install all the software components in this directory
541 tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its
542 default):
543
544 Unix:
545
546 bin/ Contains the openssl binary and a few other
547 utility scripts.
548 include/openssl
549 Contains the header files needed if you want
550 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
551 or libssl.
552 lib Contains the OpenSSL library files.
553 lib/engines Contains the OpenSSL dynamically loadable engines.
554 share/man/{man1,man3,man5,man7}
555 Contains the OpenSSL man-pages.
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557 Contains the HTML rendition of the man-pages.
558
559 OpenVMS ('arch' is replaced with the architecture name, "Alpha"
560 or "ia64"):
561
562 [.EXE.'arch'] Contains the openssl binary and a few other
563 utility scripts.
564 [.include.openssl]
565 Contains the header files needed if you want
566 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
567 or libssl.
568 [.LIB.'arch'] Contains the OpenSSL library files.
569 [.ENGINES.'arch']
570 Contains the OpenSSL dynamically loadable engines.
571 [.SYS$STARTUP] Contains startup, login and shutdown scripts.
572 These define appropriate logical names and
573 command symbols.
574
575
576 Additionally, install will add the following directories under
577 OPENSSLDIR (the directory given with --openssldir or its default)
578 for you convenience:
579
580 certs Initially empty, this is the default location
581 for certificate files.
582 private Initially empty, this is the default location
583 for private key files.
584 misc Various scripts.
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586 Package builders who want to configure the library for standard
587 locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
588 it can easily be packaged, can use
589
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590 $ make DESTDIR=/tmp/package-root install # Unix
591 $ mms/macro="DESTDIR=TMP:[PACKAGE-ROOT]" install ! OpenVMS
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3c65577f 593 The specified destination directory will be prepended to all
2acd8ec7 594 installation target paths.
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2acd8ec7 596 Compatibility issues with previous OpenSSL versions:
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598 * COMPILING existing applications
599
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600 OpenSSL 1.1 hides a number of structures that were previously
601 open. This includes all internal libssl structures and a number
602 of EVP types. Accessor functions have been added to allow
603 controlled access to the structures' data.
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605 This means that some software needs to be rewritten to adapt to
606 the new ways of doing things. This often amounts to allocating
607 an instance of a structure explicitly where you could previously
608 allocate them on the stack as automatic variables, and using the
609 provided accessor functions where you would previously access a
610 structure's field directly.
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2acd8ec7 612 <TBA>
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614 Some APIs have changed as well. However, older APIs have been
615 preserved when possible.
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618 Note on multi-threading
619 -----------------------
620
621 For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what compiler options
622 are needed to generate a library that is suitable for multi-threaded
623 applications. On these systems, support for multi-threading is enabled
624 by default; use the "no-threads" option to disable (this should never be
625 necessary).
626
627 On other systems, to enable support for multi-threading, you will have
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629 (The latter is "-D_REENTRANT" on various systems.) The default in this
630 case, obviously, is not to include support for multi-threading (but
631 you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message
632 from the Configure script.)
633
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635 most UNIX/Linux systems), and Windows threads. No other threading models are
636 supported. If your platform does not provide pthreads or Windows threads then
637 you should Configure with the "no-threads" option.
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639 Note on shared libraries
640 ------------------------
641
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642 For most systems the OpenSSL Configure script knows what is needed to
643 build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems
644 the shared libraries will be created by default. This can be suppressed and
645 only static libraries created by using the "no-shared" option. On systems
646 where OpenSSL does not know how to build shared libraries the "no-shared"
647 option will be forced and only static libraries will be created.
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649 Note on random number generation
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652 Availability of cryptographically secure random numbers is required for
653 secret key generation. OpenSSL provides several options to seed the
654 internal PRNG. If not properly seeded, the internal PRNG will refuse
655 to deliver random bytes and a "PRNG not seeded error" will occur.
656 On systems without /dev/urandom (or similar) device, it may be necessary
657 to install additional support software to obtain random seed.
658 Please check out the manual pages for RAND_add(), RAND_bytes(), RAND_egd(),
659 and the FAQ for more information.
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