2 INSTALLATION ON THE UNIX PLATFORM
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5 [Installation on DOS (with djgpp), Windows, OpenVMS, MacOS (before MacOS X)
6 and NetWare is described in INSTALL.DJGPP, INSTALL.W32, INSTALL.VMS,
7 INSTALL.MacOS and INSTALL.NW.
9 This document describes installation on operating systems in the Unix
12 To install OpenSSL, you will need:
17 * a development environment in form of development libraries and C
19 * a supported Unix operating system
24 If you want to just get on with it, do:
31 [If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.]
33 This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is (for
34 historical reasons) /usr/local/ssl. If you want to install it anywhere else,
37 $ ./config --prefix=/usr/local --openssldir=/usr/local/openssl
43 There are several options to ./config (or ./Configure) to customize
46 --prefix=DIR Install in DIR/bin, DIR/lib, DIR/include/openssl.
47 Configuration files used by OpenSSL will be in DIR/ssl
48 or the directory specified by --openssldir.
50 --openssldir=DIR Directory for OpenSSL files. If no prefix is specified,
51 the library files and binaries are also installed there.
53 no-threads Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
56 threads Build with support for multi-threaded applications.
57 This will usually require additional system-dependent options!
58 See "Note on multi-threading" below.
60 no-zlib Don't try to build with support for zlib compression and
63 zlib Build with support for zlib compression/decompression.
65 zlib-dynamic Like "zlib", but has OpenSSL load the zlib library dynamically
66 when needed. This is only supported on systems where loading
67 of shared libraries is supported. This is the default choice.
69 no-shared Don't try to create shared libraries.
71 shared In addition to the usual static libraries, create shared
72 libraries on platforms where it's supported. See "Note on
73 shared libraries" below.
75 no-asm Do not use assembler code.
77 386 Use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code is
78 more efficient, but requires at least a 486). Note: Use
79 compiler flags for any other CPU specific configuration,
80 e.g. "-m32" to build x86 code on an x64 system.
82 no-sse2 Exclude SSE2 code pathes. Normally SSE2 extention is
83 detected at run-time, but the decision whether or not the
84 machine code will be executed is taken solely on CPU
85 capability vector. This means that if you happen to run OS
86 kernel which does not support SSE2 extension on Intel P4
87 processor, then your application might be exposed to
88 "illegal instruction" exception. There might be a way
89 to enable support in kernel, e.g. FreeBSD kernel can be
90 compiled with CPU_ENABLE_SSE, and there is a way to
91 disengage SSE2 code pathes upon application start-up,
92 but if you aim for wider "audience" running such kernel,
93 consider no-sse2. Both 386 and no-asm options above imply
96 no-<cipher> Build without the specified cipher (bf, cast, des, dh, dsa,
97 hmac, md2, md5, mdc2, rc2, rc4, rc5, rsa, sha).
98 The crypto/<cipher> directory can be removed after running
101 -Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -mXXX, -Kxxx These system specific options will
102 be passed through to the compiler to allow you to
103 define preprocessor symbols, specify additional libraries,
104 library directories or other compiler options.
106 -DHAVE_CRYPTODEV Enable the BSD cryptodev engine even if we are not using
107 BSD. Useful if you are running ocf-linux or something
108 similar. Once enabled you can also enable the use of
109 cryptodev digests, which is usually slower unless you have
110 large amounts data. Use -DUSE_CRYPTODEV_DIGESTS to force
113 Installation in Detail
114 ----------------------
116 1a. Configure OpenSSL for your operation system automatically:
120 This guesses at your operating system (and compiler, if necessary) and
121 configures OpenSSL based on this guess. Run ./config -t to see
122 if it guessed correctly. If you want to use a different compiler, you
123 are cross-compiling for another platform, or the ./config guess was
124 wrong for other reasons, go to step 1b. Otherwise go to step 2.
126 On some systems, you can include debugging information as follows:
128 $ ./config -d [options]
130 1b. Configure OpenSSL for your operating system manually
132 OpenSSL knows about a range of different operating system, hardware and
133 compiler combinations. To see the ones it knows about, run
137 Pick a suitable name from the list that matches your system. For most
138 operating systems there is a choice between using "cc" or "gcc". When
139 you have identified your system (and if necessary compiler) use this name
140 as the argument to ./Configure. For example, a "linux-elf" user would
143 $ ./Configure linux-elf [options]
145 If your system is not available, you will have to edit the Configure
146 program and add the correct configuration for your system. The
147 generic configurations "cc" or "gcc" should usually work on 32 bit
150 Configure creates the file Makefile.ssl from Makefile.org and
151 defines various macros in crypto/opensslconf.h (generated from
152 crypto/opensslconf.h.in).
154 2. Build OpenSSL by running:
158 This will build the OpenSSL libraries (libcrypto.a and libssl.a) and the
159 OpenSSL binary ("openssl"). The libraries will be built in the top-level
160 directory, and the binary will be in the "apps" directory.
162 If "make" fails, look at the output. There may be reasons for
163 the failure that aren't problems in OpenSSL itself (like missing
164 standard headers). If it is a problem with OpenSSL itself, please
165 report the problem to <openssl-bugs@openssl.org> (note that your
166 message will be recorded in the request tracker publicly readable
167 via http://www.openssl.org/support/rt.html and will be forwarded to a
168 public mailing list). Include the output of "make report" in your message.
169 Please check out the request tracker. Maybe the bug was already
170 reported or has already been fixed.
172 [If you encounter assembler error messages, try the "no-asm"
173 configuration option as an immediate fix.]
175 Compiling parts of OpenSSL with gcc and others with the system
176 compiler will result in unresolved symbols on some systems.
178 3. After a successful build, the libraries should be tested. Run:
182 If a test fails, look at the output. There may be reasons for
183 the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like a missing
184 or malfunctioning bc). If it is a problem with OpenSSL itself,
185 try removing any compiler optimization flags from the CFLAG line
186 in Makefile.ssl and run "make clean; make". Please send a bug
187 report to <openssl-bugs@openssl.org>, including the output of
188 "make report" in order to be added to the request tracker at
189 http://www.openssl.org/support/rt.html.
191 4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with
195 This will create the installation directory (if it does not exist) and
196 then the following subdirectories:
198 certs Initially empty, this is the default location
199 for certificate files.
200 man/man1 Manual pages for the 'openssl' command line tool
201 man/man3 Manual pages for the libraries (very incomplete)
202 misc Various scripts.
203 private Initially empty, this is the default location
204 for private key files.
206 If you didn't choose a different installation prefix, the
207 following additional subdirectories will be created:
209 bin Contains the openssl binary and a few other
211 include/openssl Contains the header files needed if you want to
212 compile programs with libcrypto or libssl.
213 lib Contains the OpenSSL library files themselves.
215 Use "make install_sw" to install the software without documentation,
216 and "install_docs_html" to install HTML renditions of the manual
219 Package builders who want to configure the library for standard
220 locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
221 it can easily be packaged, can use
223 $ make INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/package-root install
225 (or specify "--install_prefix=/tmp/package-root" as a configure
226 option). The specified prefix will be prepended to all
227 installation target filenames.
230 NOTE: The header files used to reside directly in the include
231 directory, but have now been moved to include/openssl so that
232 OpenSSL can co-exist with other libraries which use some of the
233 same filenames. This means that applications that use OpenSSL
234 should now use C preprocessor directives of the form
236 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
238 instead of "#include <ssl.h>", which was used with library versions
239 up to OpenSSL 0.9.2b.
241 If you install a new version of OpenSSL over an old library version,
242 you should delete the old header files in the include directory.
244 Compatibility issues:
246 * COMPILING existing applications
248 To compile an application that uses old filenames -- e.g.
249 "#include <ssl.h>" --, it will usually be enough to find
250 the CFLAGS definition in the application's Makefile and
251 add a C option such as
253 -I/usr/local/ssl/include/openssl
257 But don't delete the existing -I option that points to
258 the ..../include directory! Otherwise, OpenSSL header files
259 could not #include each other.
261 * WRITING applications
263 To write an application that is able to handle both the new
264 and the old directory layout, so that it can still be compiled
265 with library versions up to OpenSSL 0.9.2b without bothering
266 the user, you can proceed as follows:
268 - Always use the new filename of OpenSSL header files,
269 e.g. #include <openssl/ssl.h>.
271 - Create a directory "incl" that contains only a symbolic
272 link named "openssl", which points to the "include" directory
274 For example, your application's Makefile might contain the
275 following rule, if OPENSSLDIR is a pathname (absolute or
276 relative) of the directory where OpenSSL resides:
280 cd $(OPENSSLDIR) # Check whether the directory really exists
281 -ln -s `cd $(OPENSSLDIR); pwd`/include incl/openssl
283 You will have to add "incl/openssl" to the dependencies
284 of those C files that include some OpenSSL header file.
286 - Add "-Iincl" to your CFLAGS.
288 With these additions, the OpenSSL header files will be available
289 under both name variants if an old library version is used:
290 Your application can reach them under names like <openssl/foo.h>,
291 while the header files still are able to #include each other
292 with names of the form <foo.h>.
295 Note on multi-threading
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298 For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what compiler options
299 are needed to generate a library that is suitable for multi-threaded
300 applications. On these systems, support for multi-threading is enabled
301 by default; use the "no-threads" option to disable (this should never be
304 On other systems, to enable support for multi-threading, you will have
305 to specify at least two options: "threads", and a system-dependent option.
306 (The latter is "-D_REENTRANT" on various systems.) The default in this
307 case, obviously, is not to include support for multi-threading (but
308 you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message
309 from the Configure script.)
312 Note on shared libraries
313 ------------------------
315 Shared libraries have certain caveats. Binary backward compatibility
316 can't be guaranteed before OpenSSL version 1.0. The only reason to
317 use them would be to conserve memory on systems where several programs
320 For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what is needed to
321 build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems,
322 the shared libraries are currently not created by default, but giving
323 the option "shared" will get them created. This method supports Makefile
324 targets for shared library creation, like linux-shared. Those targets
325 can currently be used on their own just as well, but this is expected
326 to change in future versions of OpenSSL.
328 Note on random number generation
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331 Availability of cryptographically secure random numbers is required for
332 secret key generation. OpenSSL provides several options to seed the
333 internal PRNG. If not properly seeded, the internal PRNG will refuse
334 to deliver random bytes and a "PRNG not seeded error" will occur.
335 On systems without /dev/urandom (or similar) device, it may be necessary
336 to install additional support software to obtain random seed.
337 Please check out the manual pages for RAND_add(), RAND_bytes(), RAND_egd(),
338 and the FAQ for more information.
340 Note on support for multiple builds
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343 OpenSSL is usually built in its source tree. Unfortunately, this doesn't
344 support building for multiple platforms from the same source tree very well.
345 It is however possible to build in a separate tree through the use of lots
346 of symbolic links, which should be prepared like this:
348 mkdir -p objtree/"`uname -s`-`uname -r`-`uname -m`"
349 cd objtree/"`uname -s`-`uname -r`-`uname -m`"
350 (cd $OPENSSL_SOURCE; find . -type f) | while read F; do
351 mkdir -p `dirname $F`
352 rm -f $F; ln -s $OPENSSL_SOURCE/$F $F
353 echo $F '->' $OPENSSL_SOURCE/$F
355 make -f Makefile.org clean
357 OPENSSL_SOURCE is an environment variable that contains the absolute (this
358 is important!) path to the OpenSSL source tree.
360 Also, operations like 'make update' should still be made in the source tree.