2 Most users who realize that INSTALL files still exist should simply
3 follow the directions at
4 https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-unix
6 If you got the source from git, run "./autogen.sh", which will
7 run the various auto* programs. Then you can run ./configure, and
8 refer to the above instructions.
10 If it doesn't build for you:
12 If you have problems finding libraries, try
13 CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" \
16 ./configure --with-libevent-dir=/usr/local
17 rather than simply ./configure.
19 If you have mysterious autoconf failures while linking openssl,
20 consider setting your LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the openssl lib directory.
21 For example, "setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/athena/lib".
24 https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#DoesntWork
26 How to do static builds of tor:
28 Tor supports linking each of the libraries it needs statically. Use the
29 --enable-static-X ./configure option in conjunction with the --with-X-dir
30 option for libevent, zlib, and openssl. For this to work sanely, libevent
31 should be built with --disable-shared --enable-static --with-pic, and
32 OpenSSL should be built with no-shared no-dso.
34 If you need to build tor so that system libraries are also statically linked,
35 use the --enable-static-tor ./configure option. This won't work on OS X
36 unless you build the required crt0.o yourself. It is also incompatible with
37 the --enable-gcc-hardening option.
39 An example of how to build a mostly static tor:
40 ./configure --enable-static-libevent \
41 --enable-static-openssl \
42 --enable-static-zlib \
43 --with-libevent-dir=/tmp/static-tor/libevent-1.4.14b-stable \
44 --with-openssl-dir=/tmp/static-tor/openssl-0.9.8r/ \
45 --with-zlib-dir=/tmp/static-tor/zlib-1.2.5
47 An example of how to build an entirely static tor:
48 ./configure --enable-static-tor \
49 --with-libevent-dir=/tmp/static-tor/libevent-1.4.14b-stable \
50 --with-openssl-dir=/tmp/static-tor/openssl-0.9.8r/ \
51 --with-zlib-dir=/tmp/static-tor/zlib-1.2.5