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1 OPENSSL INSTALLATION
2 --------------------
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ea24fe29 4 This document describes installation on all supported operating
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5 systems (the Unix/Linux family (which includes Mac OS/X), OpenVMS,
6 and Windows).
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8 To install OpenSSL, you will need:
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10 * A make implementation
11 * Perl 5 with core modules (please read NOTES.PERL)
12 * The perl module Text::Template (please read NOTES.PERL)
73bfb9ad 13 * an ANSI C compiler
d5957691 14 * a development environment in the form of development libraries and C
d57d85ff 15 header files
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16 * a supported operating system
17
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18 For additional platform specific requirements, solutions to specific
19 issues and other details, please read one of these:
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45632ee3 21 * NOTES.UNIX (any supported Unix like system)
b32b8961 22 * NOTES.VMS (OpenVMS)
20ab55f4 23 * NOTES.WIN (any supported Windows)
07930a75 24 * NOTES.DJGPP (DOS platform with DJGPP)
f39276fd 25 * NOTES.ANDROID (obviously Android [NDK])
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27 Notational conventions in this document
28 ---------------------------------------
29
30 Throughout this document, we use the following conventions in command
31 examples:
32
33 $ command Any line starting with a dollar sign
34 ($) is a command line.
35
36 { word1 | word2 | word3 } This denotes a mandatory choice, to be
37 replaced with one of the given words.
38 A simple example would be this:
39
40 $ echo { FOO | BAR | COOKIE }
41
42 which is to be understood as one of
43 these:
44
45 $ echo FOO
46 - or -
47 $ echo BAR
48 - or -
49 $ echo COOKIE
50
51 [ word1 | word2 | word3 ] Similar to { word1 | word2 | word3 }
52 except it's optional to give any of
53 those. In addition to the examples
54 above, this would also be valid:
55
56 $ echo
57
58 {{ target }} This denotes a mandatory word or
59 sequence of words of some sort. A
60 simple example would be this:
61
62 $ type {{ filename }}
63
64 which is to be understood to use the
65 command 'type' on some file name
66 determined by the user.
67
68 [[ options ]] Similar to {{ target }}, but is
69 optional.
70
71 Note that the notation assumes spaces around {, }, [, ], {{, }} and
72 [[, ]]. This is to differentiate from OpenVMS directory
73 specifications, which also use [ and ], but without spaces.
74
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75 Quick Start
76 -----------
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4109b97c 78 If you want to just get on with it, do:
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886c2e61 80 on Unix (again, this includes Mac OS/X):
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82 $ ./config
83 $ make
84 $ make test
85 $ make install
86
87 on OpenVMS:
88
89 $ @config
90 $ mms
91 $ mms test
92 $ mms install
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94 on Windows (only pick one of the targets for configuration):
95
96 $ perl Configure { VC-WIN32 | VC-WIN64A | VC-WIN64I | VC-CE }
97 $ nmake
98 $ nmake test
8c16829e 99 $ nmake install
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ea24fe29 101 If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.
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103 This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is:
104
105 Unix: normal installation directories under /usr/local
106 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version'...], where 'version' is the
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107 OpenSSL version number with underscores instead of periods.
108 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
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110 If you want to install it anywhere else, run config like this:
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112 On Unix:
113
114 $ ./config --prefix=/opt/openssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl
115
116 On OpenVMS:
117
118 $ @config --prefix=PROGRAM:[INSTALLS] --openssldir=SYS$MANAGER:[OPENSSL]
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120 (Note: if you do add options to the configuration command, please make sure
121 you've read more than just this Quick Start, such as relevant NOTES.* files,
122 the options outline below, as configuration options may change the outcome
123 in otherwise unexpected ways)
124
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126 Configuration Options
127 ---------------------
128
2d99cee7 129 There are several options to ./config (or ./Configure) to customize
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130 the build (note that for Windows, the defaults for --prefix and
131 --openssldir depend in what configuration is used and what Windows
132 implementation OpenSSL is built on. More notes on this in NOTES.WIN):
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134 --api=x.y.z
135 Don't build with support for deprecated APIs below the
136 specified version number. For example "--api=1.1.0" will
137 remove support for all APIS that were deprecated in OpenSSL
138 version 1.1.0 or below.
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140 --cross-compile-prefix=PREFIX
141 The PREFIX to include in front of commands for your
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142 toolchain. It's likely to have to end with dash, e.g.
143 a-b-c- would invoke GNU compiler as a-b-c-gcc, etc.
144 Unfortunately cross-compiling is too case-specific to
145 put together one-size-fits-all instructions. You might
146 have to pass more flags or set up environment variables
147 to actually make it work. Android and iOS cases are
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148 discussed in corresponding Configurations/15-*.conf
149 files. But there are cases when this option alone is
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150 sufficient. For example to build the mingw64 target on
151 Linux "--cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32-"
152 works. Naturally provided that mingw packages are
153 installed. Today Debian and Ubuntu users have option to
154 install a number of prepackaged cross-compilers along
155 with corresponding run-time and development packages for
156 "alien" hardware. To give another example
157 "--cross-compile-prefix=mipsel-linux-gnu-" suffices
158 in such case. Needless to mention that you have to
159 invoke ./Configure, not ./config, and pass your target
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160 name explicitly. Also, note that --openssldir refers
161 to target's file system, not one you are building on.
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163 --debug
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164 Build OpenSSL with debugging symbols and zero optimization
165 level.
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167 --libdir=DIR
168 The name of the directory under the top of the installation
169 directory tree (see the --prefix option) where libraries will
170 be installed. By default this is "lib". Note that on Windows
171 only ".lib" files will be stored in this location. dll files
172 will always be installed to the "bin" directory.
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174 --openssldir=DIR
175 Directory for OpenSSL configuration files, and also the
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176 default certificate and key store. Defaults are:
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667c6bfe 178 Unix: /usr/local/ssl
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179 Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL
180 or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SSL
667c6bfe 181 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-COMMON]
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183 --prefix=DIR
184 The top of the installation directory tree. Defaults are:
185
186 Unix: /usr/local
187 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL
188 or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
189 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version']
190
191 --release
192 Build OpenSSL without debugging symbols. This is the default.
193
194 --strict-warnings
195 This is a developer flag that switches on various compiler
196 options recommended for OpenSSL development. It only works
197 when using gcc or clang as the compiler. If you are
198 developing a patch for OpenSSL then it is recommended that
199 you use this option where possible.
200
201 --with-zlib-include=DIR
202 The directory for the location of the zlib include file. This
203 option is only necessary if enable-zlib (see below) is used
204 and the include file is not already on the system include
205 path.
206
207 --with-zlib-lib=LIB
208 On Unix: this is the directory containing the zlib library.
209 If not provided the system library path will be used.
210 On Windows: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
211 without a path). This flag must be provided if the
212 zlib-dynamic option is not also used. If zlib-dynamic is used
213 then this flag is optional and a default value ("ZLIB1") is
a73d990e 214 used if not provided.
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215 On VMS: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
216 without a path). This flag is optional and if not provided
217 then "GNV$LIBZSHR", "GNV$LIBZSHR32" or "GNV$LIBZSHR64" is
218 used by default depending on the pointer size chosen.
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221 --with-rand-seed=seed1[,seed2,...]
222 A comma separated list of seeding methods which will be tried
223 by OpenSSL in order to obtain random input (a.k.a "entropy")
224 for seeding its cryptographically secure random number
225 generator (CSPRNG). The current seeding methods are:
226
227 os: Use a trusted operating system entropy source.
228 This is the default method if such an entropy
229 source exists.
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230 getrandom: Use the L<getrandom(2)> or equivalent system
231 call.
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232 devrandom: Use the the first device from the DEVRANDOM list
233 which can be opened to read random bytes. The
234 DEVRANDOM preprocessor constant expands to
235 "/dev/urandom","/dev/random","/dev/srandom" on
236 most unix-ish operating systems.
237 egd: Check for an entropy generating daemon.
238 rdcpu: Use the RDSEED or RDRAND command if provided by
239 the CPU.
240 librandom: Use librandom (not implemented yet).
241 none: Disable automatic seeding. This is the default
242 on some operating systems where no suitable
243 entropy source exists, or no support for it is
244 implemented yet.
245
246 For more information, see the section 'Note on random number
247 generation' at the end of this document.
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249 no-afalgeng
250 Don't build the AFALG engine. This option will be forced if
251 on a platform that does not support AFALG.
252
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253 enable-ktls
254 Build with Kernel TLS support. This option will enable the
255 use of the Kernel TLS data-path, which can improve
256 performance and allow for the use of sendfile and splice
257 system calls on TLS sockets. The Kernel may use TLS
258 accelerators if any are available on the system.
259 This option will be forced off on systems that do not support
260 the Kernel TLS data-path.
261
fa28bfd6 262 enable-asan
f430ba31 263 Build with the Address sanitiser. This is a developer option
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264 only. It may not work on all platforms and should never be
265 used in production environments. It will only work when used
266 with gcc or clang and should be used in conjunction with the
267 no-shared option.
268
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270 Do not use assembler code. This should be viewed as
271 debugging/trouble-shooting option rather than production.
272 On some platforms a small amount of assembler code may
273 still be used even with this option.
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275 no-async
276 Do not build support for async operations.
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278 no-autoalginit
279 Don't automatically load all supported ciphers and digests.
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280 Typically OpenSSL will make available all of its supported
281 ciphers and digests. For a statically linked application this
282 may be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
283 This only affects libcrypto. Ciphers and digests will have to
284 be loaded manually using EVP_add_cipher() and
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285 EVP_add_digest() if this option is used. This option will
286 force a non-shared build.
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288 no-autoerrinit
289 Don't automatically load all libcrypto/libssl error strings.
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290 Typically OpenSSL will automatically load human readable
291 error strings. For a statically linked application this may
292 be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
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294 no-autoload-config
295 Don't automatically load the default openssl.cnf file.
296 Typically OpenSSL will automatically load a system config
297 file which configures default ssl options.
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299 enable-buildtest-c++
300 While testing, generate C++ buildtest files that
301 simply check that the public OpenSSL header files
302 are usable standalone with C++.
303
304 Enabling this option demands extra care. For any
305 compiler flag given directly as configuration
306 option, you must ensure that it's valid for both
307 the C and the C++ compiler. If not, the C++ build
308 test will most likely break. As an alternative,
309 you can use the language specific variables, CFLAGS
284d19c2 310 and CXXFLAGS.
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312 no-capieng
313 Don't build the CAPI engine. This option will be forced if
314 on a platform that does not support CAPI.
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316 no-cms
317 Don't build support for CMS features
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319 no-comp
320 Don't build support for SSL/TLS compression. If this option
321 is left enabled (the default), then compression will only
322 work if the zlib or zlib-dynamic options are also chosen.
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324 enable-crypto-mdebug
325 Build support for debugging memory allocated via
326 OPENSSL_malloc() or OPENSSL_zalloc().
327
328 enable-crypto-mdebug-backtrace
329 As for crypto-mdebug, but additionally provide backtrace
330 information for allocated memory.
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331 TO BE USED WITH CARE: this uses GNU C functionality, and
332 is therefore not usable for non-GNU config targets. If
333 your build complains about the use of '-rdynamic' or the
334 lack of header file execinfo.h, this option is not for you.
335 ALSO NOTE that even though execinfo.h is available on your
336 system (through Gnulib), the functions might just be stubs
337 that do nothing.
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339 no-ct
340 Don't build support for Certificate Transparency.
341
342 no-deprecated
343 Don't build with support for any deprecated APIs. This is the
344 same as using "--api" and supplying the latest version
345 number.
346
347 no-dgram
348 Don't build support for datagram based BIOs. Selecting this
349 option will also force the disabling of DTLS.
350
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351 enable-devcryptoeng
352 Build the /dev/crypto engine. It is automatically selected
353 on BSD implementations, in which case it can be disabled with
354 no-devcryptoeng.
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356 no-dynamic-engine
357 Don't build the dynamically loaded engines. This only has an
358 effect in a "shared" build
359
360 no-ec
361 Don't build support for Elliptic Curves.
362
363 no-ec2m
364 Don't build support for binary Elliptic Curves
365
366 enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128
367 Enable support for optimised implementations of some commonly
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368 used NIST elliptic curves.
369 This is only supported on platforms:
370 - with little-endian storage of non-byte types
371 - that tolerate misaligned memory references
372 - where the compiler:
373 - supports the non-standard type __uint128_t
374 - defines the built-in macro __SIZEOF_INT128__
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376 enable-egd
377 Build support for gathering entropy from EGD (Entropy
378 Gathering Daemon).
379
380 no-engine
381 Don't build support for loading engines.
382
383 no-err
384 Don't compile in any error strings.
385
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386 enable-external-tests
387 Enable building of integration with external test suites.
388 This is a developer option and may not work on all platforms.
389 The only supported external test suite at the current time is
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390 the BoringSSL test suite. See the file test/README.external
391 for further details.
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393 no-filenames
394 Don't compile in filename and line number information (e.g.
395 for errors and memory allocation).
396
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397 no-fips
398 Don't compile the FIPS module
399
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400 enable-fuzz-libfuzzer, enable-fuzz-afl
401 Build with support for fuzzing using either libfuzzer or AFL.
402 These are developer options only. They may not work on all
403 platforms and should never be used in production environments.
404 See the file fuzz/README.md for further details.
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406 no-gost
407 Don't build support for GOST based ciphersuites. Note that
408 if this feature is enabled then GOST ciphersuites are only
409 available if the GOST algorithms are also available through
410 loading an externally supplied engine.
411
ecabf05e 412 no-makedepend
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415 no-module
416 Don't build any dynamically loadable engines. This also
417 implies 'no-dynamic-engine'.
418
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419 no-multiblock
420 Don't build support for writing multiple records in one
421 go in libssl (Note: this is a different capability to the
422 pipelining functionality).
423
424 no-nextprotoneg
425 Don't build support for the NPN TLS extension.
426
427 no-ocsp
428 Don't build support for OCSP.
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430 no-padlockeng
431 no-hw-padlock
432 Don't build the padlock engine.
433 ('no-hw-padlock' is deprecated and should not be used)
434
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435 no-pic
436 Don't build with support for Position Independent Code.
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438 no-pinshared By default OpenSSL will attempt to stay in memory until the
439 process exits. This is so that libcrypto and libssl can be
440 properly cleaned up automatically via an "atexit()" handler.
441 The handler is registered by libcrypto and cleans up both
442 libraries. On some platforms the atexit() handler will run on
443 unload of libcrypto (if it has been dynamically loaded)
444 rather than at process exit. This option can be used to stop
445 OpenSSL from attempting to stay in memory until the process
446 exits. This could lead to crashes if either libcrypto or
447 libssl have already been unloaded at the point
448 that the atexit handler is invoked, e.g. on a platform which
449 calls atexit() on unload of the library, and libssl is
450 unloaded before libcrypto then a crash is likely to happen.
451 Applications can suppress running of the atexit() handler at
452 run time by using the OPENSSL_INIT_NO_ATEXIT option to
453 OPENSSL_init_crypto(). See the man page for it for further
454 details.
455
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456 no-posix-io
457 Don't use POSIX IO capabilities.
458
459 no-psk
460 Don't build support for Pre-Shared Key based ciphersuites.
461
462 no-rdrand
463 Don't use hardware RDRAND capabilities.
464
465 no-rfc3779
466 Don't build support for RFC3779 ("X.509 Extensions for IP
467 Addresses and AS Identifiers")
468
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469 sctp
470 Build support for SCTP
471
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472 no-shared
473 Do not create shared libraries, only static ones. See "Note
474 on shared libraries" below.
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476 no-sock
477 Don't build support for socket BIOs
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479 no-srp
480 Don't build support for SRP or SRP based ciphersuites.
481
482 no-srtp
483 Don't build SRTP support
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486 Exclude SSE2 code paths from 32-bit x86 assembly modules.
487 Normally SSE2 extension is detected at run-time, but the
488 decision whether or not the machine code will be executed
489 is taken solely on CPU capability vector. This means that
490 if you happen to run OS kernel which does not support SSE2
491 extension on Intel P4 processor, then your application
492 might be exposed to "illegal instruction" exception.
493 There might be a way to enable support in kernel, e.g.
494 FreeBSD kernel can be compiled with CPU_ENABLE_SSE, and
495 there is a way to disengage SSE2 code paths upon application
496 start-up, but if you aim for wider "audience" running
497 such kernel, consider no-sse2. Both the 386 and
498 no-asm options imply no-sse2.
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500 enable-ssl-trace
501 Build with the SSL Trace capabilities (adds the "-trace"
502 option to s_client and s_server).
503
504 no-static-engine
505 Don't build the statically linked engines. This only
506 has an impact when not built "shared".
507
508 no-stdio
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509 Don't use anything from the C header file "stdio.h" that
510 makes use of the "FILE" type. Only libcrypto and libssl can
511 be built in this way. Using this option will suppress
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512 building the command line applications. Additionally since
513 the OpenSSL tests also use the command line applications the
514 tests will also be skipped.
515
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516 no-tests
517 Don't build test programs or run any test.
518
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519 no-threads
520 Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
521 applications.
522
523 threads
524 Build with support for multi-threaded applications. Most
525 platforms will enable this by default. However if on a
526 platform where this is not the case then this will usually
527 require additional system-dependent options! See "Note on
528 multi-threading" below.
529
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530 enable-trace
531 Build with support for the integrated tracing api. See manual pages
532 OSSL_trace_set_channel(3) and OSSL_trace_enabled(3) for details.
533
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534 no-ts
535 Don't build Time Stamping Authority support.
536
fa28bfd6 537 enable-ubsan
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539 developer option only. It may not work on all platforms and
540 should never be used in production environments. It will only
541 work when used with gcc or clang and should be used in
542 conjunction with the "-DPEDANTIC" option (or the
543 --strict-warnings option).
544
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545 no-ui
546 Don't build with the "UI" capability (i.e. the set of
547 features enabling text based prompts).
548
549 enable-unit-test
550 Enable additional unit test APIs. This should not typically
551 be used in production deployments.
552
553 enable-weak-ssl-ciphers
554 Build support for SSL/TLS ciphers that are considered "weak"
555 (e.g. RC4 based ciphersuites).
556
557 zlib
558 Build with support for zlib compression/decompression.
559
560 zlib-dynamic
561 Like "zlib", but has OpenSSL load the zlib library
562 dynamically when needed. This is only supported on systems
563 where loading of shared libraries is supported.
564
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566 In 32-bit x86 builds, when generating assembly modules,
567 use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code
568 is more efficient, but requires at least a 486). Note:
569 This doesn't affect code generated by compiler, you're
570 likely to complement configuration command line with
571 suitable compiler-specific option.
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573 no-<prot>
574 Don't build support for negotiating the specified SSL/TLS
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575 protocol (one of ssl, ssl3, tls, tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2,
576 tls1_3, dtls, dtls1 or dtls1_2). If "no-tls" is selected then
577 all of tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2 and tls1_3 are disabled.
578 Similarly "no-dtls" will disable dtls1 and dtls1_2. The
579 "no-ssl" option is synonymous with "no-ssl3". Note this only
580 affects version negotiation. OpenSSL will still provide the
581 methods for applications to explicitly select the individual
582 protocol versions.
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584 no-<prot>-method
585 As for no-<prot> but in addition do not build the methods for
586 applications to explicitly select individual protocol
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587 versions. Note that there is no "no-tls1_3-method" option
588 because there is no application method for TLSv1.3. Using
034d55cd 589 individual protocol methods directly is deprecated.
f518cef4 590 Applications should use TLS_method() instead.
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592 enable-<alg>
593 Build with support for the specified algorithm, where <alg>
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596 no-<alg>
597 Build without support for the specified algorithm, where
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598 <alg> is one of: aria, bf, blake2, camellia, cast, chacha,
599 cmac, des, dh, dsa, ecdh, ecdsa, idea, md4, mdc2, ocb,
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600 poly1305, rc2, rc4, rmd160, scrypt, seed, siphash, siv, sm2,
601 sm3, sm4 or whirlpool. The "ripemd" algorithm is deprecated
602 and if used is synonymous with rmd160.
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a74341f9 605 These system specific options will be recognised and
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606 passed through to the compiler to allow you to define
607 preprocessor symbols, specify additional libraries, library
608 directories or other compiler options. It might be worth
609 noting that some compilers generate code specifically for
610 processor the compiler currently executes on. This is not
611 necessarily what you might have in mind, since it might be
612 unsuitable for execution on other, typically older,
613 processor. Consult your compiler documentation.
614
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615 Take note of the VAR=value documentation below and how
616 these flags interact with those variables.
617
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618 -xxx, +xxx
619 Additional options that are not otherwise recognised are
620 passed through as they are to the compiler as well. Again,
621 consult your compiler documentation.
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624 these flags interact with those variables.
625
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629 but are supported on all platforms and are confined to
630 the configuration scripts only. These assignments override
631 the corresponding value in the inherited environment, if
632 there is one.
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635 can be used as an alternative to giving preprocessor,
636 compiler and linker options directly as configuration.
637 The following variables are supported:
638
639 AR The static library archiver.
640 ARFLAGS Flags for the static library archiver.
641 AS The assembler compiler.
642 ASFLAGS Flags for the assembler compiler.
643 CC The C compiler.
644 CFLAGS Flags for the C compiler.
645 CXX The C++ compiler.
646 CXXFLAGS Flags for the C++ compiler.
647 CPP The C/C++ preprocessor.
648 CPPFLAGS Flags for the C/C++ preprocessor.
649 CPPDEFINES List of CPP macro definitions, separated
650 by a platform specific character (':' or
651 space for Unix, ';' for Windows, ',' for
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653 -D (or what corresponds to that on your
654 compiler) in CPPFLAGS.
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656 the same way as for CPPDEFINES. This can
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658 to that on your compiler) in CPPFLAGS.
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661 Unix).
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663 is used there).
664 LDFLAGS Flags for the shared library, DSO and
665 program linker.
666 LDLIBS Extra libraries to use when linking.
667 Takes the form of a space separated list
668 of library specifications on Unix and
669 Windows, and as a comma separated list of
670 libraries on VMS.
671 RANLIB The library archive indexer.
46d08509 672 RC The Windows resource compiler.
673 RCFLAGS Flags for the Windows resource compiler.
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675
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677 on the command line. In other words, something like this
678 isn't permitted.
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680 ./config -DFOO CPPFLAGS=-DBAR -DCOOKIE
681
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683
684 To be compatible with older configuration scripts, the
685 environment variables are ignored if compiling / linking
686 flags are given on the command line, except for these:
687
688 AR, CC, CXX, CROSS_COMPILE, HASHBANGPERL, PERL, RANLIB, RC
689 and WINDRES
690
691 For example, the following command will not see -DBAR:
692
693 CPPFLAGS=-DBAR ./config -DCOOKIE
694
695 However, the following will see both set variables:
696
697 CC=gcc CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-w64-mingw32- \
698 ./config -DCOOKIE
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701 both C and C++ compilers are in the same "family". This
702 becomes relevant with 'enable-external-tests' and
703 'enable-buildtest-c++'.
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706 reconfigure
707 Reconfigure from earlier data. This fetches the previous
708 command line options and environment from data saved in
709 "configdata.pm", and runs the configuration process again,
710 using these options and environment.
711 Note: NO other option is permitted together with "reconf".
712 This means that you also MUST use "./Configure" (or
713 what corresponds to that on non-Unix platforms) directly
714 to invoke this option.
715 Note: The original configuration saves away values for ALL
716 environment variables that were used, and if they weren't
717 defined, they are still saved away with information that
718 they weren't originally defined. This information takes
719 precedence over environment variables that are defined
720 when reconfiguring.
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723 -----------------------------
724
725 The configuration script itself will say very little, and finishes by
726 creating "configdata.pm". This perl module can be loaded by other scripts
727 to find all the configuration data, and it can also be used as a script to
728 display all sorts of configuration data in a human readable form.
729
730 For more information, please do:
731
732 $ ./configdata.pm --help # Unix
733
734 or
735
736 $ perl configdata.pm --help # Windows and VMS
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739 ----------------------
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4109b97c 741 1a. Configure OpenSSL for your operation system automatically:
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744
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747 or
748
ea24fe29 749 $ @config [[ options ]] ! OpenVMS
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751 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
752 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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4109b97c 754 This guesses at your operating system (and compiler, if necessary) and
b1fe6b43 755 configures OpenSSL based on this guess. Run ./config -t to see
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757 are cross-compiling for another platform, or the ./config guess was
758 wrong for other reasons, go to step 1b. Otherwise go to step 2.
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761
ea24fe29 762 $ ./config -d [[ options ]]
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c9f06e7f 764 1b. Configure OpenSSL for your operating system manually
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767 compiler combinations. To see the ones it knows about, run
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770
771 or
772
773 $ perl Configure # All other platforms
774
775 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
776 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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779 operating systems there is a choice between using "cc" or "gcc". When
780 you have identified your system (and if necessary compiler) use this name
2acd8ec7 781 as the argument to Configure. For example, a "linux-elf" user would
4109b97c 782 run:
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ea24fe29 784 $ ./Configure linux-elf [[ options ]]
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5bb9e2b4 786 If your system isn't listed, you will have to create a configuration
ea24fe29 787 file named Configurations/{{ something }}.conf and add the correct
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789 and read Configurations/README and Configurations/README.design for
790 more information.
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793 Unix-like systems.
794
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796 and "descrip.mms" on OpenVMS) from a suitable template in Configurations,
797 and defines various macros in include/openssl/opensslconf.h (generated from
798 include/openssl/opensslconf.h.in).
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801
802 OpenSSL can be configured to build in a build directory separate from
803 the directory with the source code. It's done by placing yourself in
804 some other directory and invoking the configuration commands from
805 there.
806
807 Unix example:
808
809 $ mkdir /var/tmp/openssl-build
810 $ cd /var/tmp/openssl-build
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813 or
814
ea24fe29 815 $ /PATH/TO/OPENSSL/SOURCE/Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
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817 OpenVMS example:
818
819 $ set default sys$login:
820 $ create/dir [.tmp.openssl-build]
821 $ set default [.tmp.openssl-build]
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824 or
825
ea24fe29 826 $ @[PATH.TO.OPENSSL.SOURCE]Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
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829
830 $ C:
831 $ mkdir \temp-openssl
832 $ cd \temp-openssl
ea24fe29 833 $ perl d:\PATH\TO\OPENSSL\SOURCE\Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
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836 do its best to translate them to relative paths whenever possible.
837
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841 $ mms ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
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845 Unix, corresponding on other platforms) and the OpenSSL binary
846 ("openssl"). The libraries will be built in the top-level directory,
847 and the binary will be in the "apps" subdirectory.
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1af66bb7 849 Troubleshooting:
850
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852 for the failure that aren't problems in OpenSSL itself (like
1af66bb7 853 missing standard headers).
854
855 If the build succeeded previously, but fails after a source or
856 configuration change, it might be helpful to clean the build tree
857 before attempting another build. Use this command:
858
859 $ make clean # Unix
860 $ mms clean ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
861 $ nmake clean # Windows
862
863 Assembler error messages can sometimes be sidestepped by using the
864 "no-asm" configuration option.
865
866 Compiling parts of OpenSSL with gcc and others with the system
867 compiler will result in unresolved symbols on some systems.
868
869 If you are still having problems you can get help by sending an email
870 to the openssl-users email list (see
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872 it is a bug with OpenSSL itself, please open an issue on GitHub, at
873 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues. Please review the existing
874 ones first; maybe the bug was already reported or has already been
d5957691 875 fixed.
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462ba4f6 877 3. After a successful build, the libraries should be tested. Run:
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880 $ mms test ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 881 $ nmake test # Windows
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6616429d 883 NOTE: you MUST run the tests from an unprivileged account (or
f430ba31 884 disable your privileges temporarily if your platform allows it).
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887 the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like a
888 malfunction with Perl). You may want increased verbosity, that
889 can be accomplished like this:
890
be6bdab6 891 $ make VERBOSE=1 test # Unix
2acd8ec7 892
e8173157 893 $ mms /macro=(VERBOSE=1) test ! OpenVMS
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be6bdab6 895 $ nmake VERBOSE=1 test # Windows
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898 the make variable TESTS to specify them, like this:
899
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901 $ mms/macro="TESTS=test_rsa test_dsa" test ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 902 $ nmake TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test # Windows
2e996acf 903
2acd8ec7 904 And of course, you can combine (Unix example shown):
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be6bdab6 906 $ make VERBOSE=1 TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test
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908 You can find the list of available tests like this:
909
2acd8ec7 910 $ make list-tests # Unix
5bb9e2b4 911 $ mms list-tests ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 912 $ nmake list-tests # Windows
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915 see what other HARNESS_* variables there are.
916
2e996acf 917 If you find a problem with OpenSSL itself, try removing any
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919 run "make clean; make" or corresponding.
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922 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues.
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925 see section TESTS in Detail below.
926
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930 $ mms install ! OpenVMS
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933 This will install all the software components in this directory
934 tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its
935 default):
936
937 Unix:
938
939 bin/ Contains the openssl binary and a few other
940 utility scripts.
941 include/openssl
942 Contains the header files needed if you want
943 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
944 or libssl.
945 lib Contains the OpenSSL library files.
946 lib/engines Contains the OpenSSL dynamically loadable engines.
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948 share/man/man1 Contains the OpenSSL command line man-pages.
949 share/man/man3 Contains the OpenSSL library calls man-pages.
950 share/man/man5 Contains the OpenSSL configuration format man-pages.
951 share/man/man7 Contains the OpenSSL other misc man-pages.
952
953 share/doc/openssl/html/man1
954 share/doc/openssl/html/man3
955 share/doc/openssl/html/man5
956 share/doc/openssl/html/man7
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958
959 OpenVMS ('arch' is replaced with the architecture name, "Alpha"
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961 (0101 for 1.1), and 'pz' is replaced with the pointer size
962 OpenSSL was built with):
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965 [.EXE] Contains a few utility scripts.
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967 Contains the header files needed if you want
968 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
969 or libssl.
970 [.LIB.'arch'] Contains the OpenSSL library files.
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973 [.SYS$STARTUP] Contains startup, login and shutdown scripts.
974 These define appropriate logical names and
975 command symbols.
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977 [.HTML] Contains the HTML rendition of the manual pages.
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980 Additionally, install will add the following directories under
981 OPENSSLDIR (the directory given with --openssldir or its default)
982 for you convenience:
983
984 certs Initially empty, this is the default location
985 for certificate files.
986 private Initially empty, this is the default location
987 for private key files.
988 misc Various scripts.
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991 locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
992 it can easily be packaged, can use
993
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995 $ mms/macro="DESTDIR=TMP:[PACKAGE-ROOT]" install ! OpenVMS
e5f3045f 996
3c65577f 997 The specified destination directory will be prepended to all
2acd8ec7 998 installation target paths.
4fd53220 999
2acd8ec7 1000 Compatibility issues with previous OpenSSL versions:
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1002 * COMPILING existing applications
1003
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1005 that were previously open. This includes all internal libssl
1006 structures and a number of EVP types. Accessor functions have
1007 been added to allow controlled access to the structures' data.
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1010 the new ways of doing things. This often amounts to allocating
1011 an instance of a structure explicitly where you could previously
1012 allocate them on the stack as automatic variables, and using the
1013 provided accessor functions where you would previously access a
1014 structure's field directly.
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1017 preserved when possible.
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1020 ---------------------
1021
1022 A number of environment variables can be used to provide additional control
1023 over the build process. Typically these should be defined prior to running
1024 config or Configure. Not all environment variables are relevant to all
1025 platforms.
1026
1027 AR
1028 The name of the ar executable to use.
1029
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1031 Use a different build file name than the platform default
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1034 corresponding build file template. See Configurations/README
1035 for further information.
1036
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1038 The compiler to use. Configure will attempt to pick a default
1039 compiler for your platform but this choice can be overridden
1040 using this variable. Set it to the compiler executable you wish
1041 to use, e.g. "gcc" or "clang".
1042
1043 CROSS_COMPILE
1044 This environment variable has the same meaning as for the
1045 "--cross-compile-prefix" Configure flag described above. If both
1046 are set then the Configure flag takes precedence.
1047
1048 NM
1049 The name of the nm executable to use.
1050
1051 OPENSSL_LOCAL_CONFIG_DIR
1052 OpenSSL comes with a database of information about how it
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1054 templates for those platforms. The database is comprised of
1055 ".conf" files in the Configurations directory. The build
1056 file templates reside there as well as ".tmpl" files. See the
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1059 files.
1060 In addition to the standard ".conf" and ".tmpl" files, it is
1061 possible to create your own ".conf" and ".tmpl" files and store
1062 them locally, outside the OpenSSL source tree. This environment
1063 variable can be set to the directory where these files are held
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1065 standard directories.
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1067 PERL
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1070 other hand imposes the interpreter by which it itself was
1071 executed on the whole build procedure.
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1073 HASHBANGPERL
1074 The command string for the Perl executable to insert in the
1075 #! line of perl scripts that will be publically installed.
1076 Default: /usr/bin/env perl
1077 Note: the value of this variable is added to the same scripts
1078 on all platforms, but it's only relevant on Unix-like platforms.
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1080 RC
1081 The name of the rc executable to use. The default will be as
1082 defined for the target platform in the ".conf" file. If not
1083 defined then "windres" will be used. The WINDRES environment
1084 variable is synonymous to this. If both are defined then RC
1085 takes precedence.
1086
1087 RANLIB
1088 The name of the ranlib executable to use.
1089
1090 WINDRES
1091 See RC.
1092
1093 Makefile targets
1094 ----------------
1095
1096 The Configure script generates a Makefile in a format relevant to the specific
1097 platform. The Makefiles provide a number of targets that can be used. Not all
1098 targets may be available on all platforms. Only the most common targets are
1099 described here. Examine the Makefiles themselves for the full list.
1100
1101 all
1102 The default target to build all the software components.
1103
1104 clean
1105 Remove all build artefacts and return the directory to a "clean"
1106 state.
1107
1108 depend
1109 Rebuild the dependencies in the Makefiles. This is a legacy
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1112 install
1113 Install all OpenSSL components.
1114
1115 install_sw
1116 Only install the OpenSSL software components.
1117
1118 install_docs
1119 Only install the OpenSSL documentation components.
1120
1121 install_man_docs
1122 Only install the OpenSSL man pages (Unix only).
1123
1124 install_html_docs
1125 Only install the OpenSSL html documentation.
1126
1127 list-tests
1128 Prints a list of all the self test names.
1129
1130 test
1131 Build and run the OpenSSL self tests.
1132
1133 uninstall
1134 Uninstall all OpenSSL components.
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1137 reconf
1138 Re-run the configuration process, as exactly as the last time
1139 as possible.
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1142 This is a developer option. If you are developing a patch for
1143 OpenSSL you may need to use this if you want to update
1144 automatically generated files; add new error codes or add new
1145 (or change the visibility of) public API functions. (Unix only).
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1148 ---------------
1149
1150 The make variable TESTS supports a versatile set of space separated tokens
1151 with which you can specify a set of tests to be performed. With a "current
1152 set of tests" in mind, initially being empty, here are the possible tokens:
1153
1154 alltests The current set of tests becomes the whole set of available
1155 tests (as listed when you do 'make list-tests' or similar).
1156 xxx Adds the test 'xxx' to the current set of tests.
1157 -xxx Removes 'xxx' from the current set of tests. If this is the
1158 first token in the list, the current set of tests is first
1159 assigned the whole set of available tests, effectively making
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1161 nn Adds the test group 'nn' (which is a number) to the current
1162 set of tests.
1163 -nn Removes the test group 'nn' from the current set of tests.
1164 If this is the first token in the list, the current set of
1165 tests is first assigned the whole set of available tests,
1166 effectively making this token equivalent to
1167 TESTS="alltests -xxx".
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1169 Also, all tokens except for "alltests" may have wildcards, such as *.
1170 (on Unix and Windows, BSD style wildcards are supported, while on VMS,
1171 it's VMS style wildcards)
1172
1173 Example: All tests except for the fuzz tests:
1174
1175 $ make TESTS=-test_fuzz test
1176
1177 or (if you want to be explicit)
1178
1179 $ make TESTS='alltests -test_fuzz' test
1180
1181 Example: All tests that have a name starting with "test_ssl" but not those
1182 starting with "test_ssl_":
1183
1184 $ make TESTS='test_ssl* -test_ssl_*' test
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1187
1188 $ make TESTS='10'
1189
1190 Example: All tests except the slow group (group 99):
1191
1192 $ make TESTS='-99'
1193
1194 Example: All tests in test groups 80 to 99 except for tests in group 90:
1195
1196 $ make TESTS='[89]? -90'
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1199 -----------------------
1200
1201 For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what compiler options
1202 are needed to generate a library that is suitable for multi-threaded
1203 applications. On these systems, support for multi-threading is enabled
1204 by default; use the "no-threads" option to disable (this should never be
1205 necessary).
1206
1207 On other systems, to enable support for multi-threading, you will have
33d50ef6 1208 to specify at least two options: "threads", and a system-dependent option.
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1210 case, obviously, is not to include support for multi-threading (but
1211 you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message
1212 from the Configure script.)
1213
35d8fa56 1214 OpenSSL provides built-in support for two threading models: pthreads (found on
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1216 supported. If your platform does not provide pthreads or Windows threads then
1217 you should Configure with the "no-threads" option.
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1220 -------------------------
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1223 build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems
1224 the shared libraries will be created by default. This can be suppressed and
1225 only static libraries created by using the "no-shared" option. On systems
1226 where OpenSSL does not know how to build shared libraries the "no-shared"
1227 option will be forced and only static libraries will be created.
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1229 Shared libraries are named a little differently on different platforms.
1230 One way or another, they all have the major OpenSSL version number as
1231 part of the file name, i.e. for OpenSSL 1.1.x, 1.1 is somehow part of
1232 the name.
1233
46d08509 1234 On most POSIX platforms, shared libraries are named libcrypto.so.1.1
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1235 and libssl.so.1.1.
1236
1237 on Cygwin, shared libraries are named cygcrypto-1.1.dll and cygssl-1.1.dll
1238 with import libraries libcrypto.dll.a and libssl.dll.a.
1239
1240 On Windows build with MSVC or using MingW, shared libraries are named
1241 libcrypto-1_1.dll and libssl-1_1.dll for 32-bit Windows, libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
1242 and libssl-1_1-x64.dll for 64-bit x86_64 Windows, and libcrypto-1_1-ia64.dll
1243 and libssl-1_1-ia64.dll for IA64 Windows. With MSVC, the import libraries
1244 are named libcrypto.lib and libssl.lib, while with MingW, they are named
b77b6127 1245 libcrypto.dll.a and libssl.dll.a.
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1247 On VMS, shareable images (VMS speak for shared libraries) are named
1248 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr.exe. However, when
1249 OpenSSL is specifically built for 32-bit pointers, the shareable images
1250 are named ossl$libcrypto0101_shr32.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr32.exe
1251 instead, and when built for 64-bit pointers, they are named
1252 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr64.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr64.exe.
1253
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1254 Note on random number generation
1255 --------------------------------
1256
1257 Availability of cryptographically secure random numbers is required for
1258 secret key generation. OpenSSL provides several options to seed the
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1262 The seeding method can be configured using the --with-rand-seed option,
1263 which can be used to specify a comma separated list of seed methods.
1264 However in most cases OpenSSL will choose a suitable default method,
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1266 that not all methods are available on all platforms.
1267
1268 I) On operating systems which provide a suitable randomness source (in
1269 form of a system call or system device), OpenSSL will use the optimal
1270 available method to seed the CSPRNG from the operating system's
1271 randomness sources. This corresponds to the option --with-rand-seed=os.
1272
1273 II) On systems without such a suitable randomness source, automatic seeding
1274 and reseeding is disabled (--with-rand-seed=none) and it may be necessary
1275 to install additional support software to obtain a random seed and reseed
1276 the CSPRNG manually. Please check out the manual pages for RAND_add(),
1277 RAND_bytes(), RAND_egd(), and the FAQ for more information.