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2 INSTALLATION ON THE UNIX PLATFORM
3 ---------------------------------
4
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.
8 
9  This document describes installation on operating systems in the Unix
10  family.]
11
12 To install OpenSSL, you will need:
13
14  * make
15  * Perl 5
16  * an ANSI C compiler
17  * a development environment in form of development libraries and C
18    header files
19  * a supported Unix operating system
20
21 Quick Start
22 -----------
23
24 If you want to just get on with it, do:
25
26  $ ./config
27  $ make
28  $ make test
29  $ make install
30
31 [If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.]
32
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,
35 run config like this:
36
37  $ ./config --prefix=/usr/local --openssldir=/usr/local/openssl
38
39
40 Configuration Options
41 ---------------------
42
43 There are several options to ./config (or ./Configure) to customize
44 the build:
45
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.
49
50  --openssldir=DIR Directory for OpenSSL files. If no prefix is specified,
51                the library files and binaries are also installed there.
52
53  no-threads    Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
54                applications.
55
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.
59
60  no-zlib       Don't try to build with support for zlib compression and
61                decompression.
62
63  zlib          Build with support for zlib compression/decompression.
64
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.
68
69  no-shared     Don't try to create shared libraries.
70
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.
74
75  no-asm        Do not use assembler code.
76
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.
81
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
94                no-sse2.
95
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
99                "make depend".
100
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.
105
106  --with-cryptodev Enabled 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,  with is usually slower unless you have
110                large amounts data.  Use --with-cryptodev-digests to force
111                it.
112
113 Installation in Detail
114 ----------------------
115
116 1a. Configure OpenSSL for your operation system automatically:
117
118       $ ./config [options]
119
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.
125
126     On some systems, you can include debugging information as follows:
127
128       $ ./config -d [options]
129
130 1b. Configure OpenSSL for your operating system manually
131
132     OpenSSL knows about a range of different operating system, hardware and
133     compiler combinations. To see the ones it knows about, run
134
135       $ ./Configure
136
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
141     run:
142
143       $ ./Configure linux-elf [options]
144
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
148     systems.
149
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).
153
154  2. Build OpenSSL by running:
155
156       $ make
157
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.
161
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.
171
172     [If you encounter assembler error messages, try the "no-asm"
173     configuration option as an immediate fix.]
174
175     Compiling parts of OpenSSL with gcc and others with the system
176     compiler will result in unresolved symbols on some systems.
177
178  3. After a successful build, the libraries should be tested. Run:
179
180       $ make test
181
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.
190
191  4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with
192
193       $ make install
194
195     This will create the installation directory (if it does not exist) and
196     then the following subdirectories:
197
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.
205
206     If you didn't choose a different installation prefix, the
207     following additional subdirectories will be created:
208
209       bin             Contains the openssl binary and a few other
210                       utility programs.
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.
214
215     Package builders who want to configure the library for standard
216     locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
217     it can easily be packaged, can use
218
219       $ make INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/package-root install
220
221     (or specify "--install_prefix=/tmp/package-root" as a configure
222     option).  The specified prefix will be prepended to all
223     installation target filenames.
224
225
226  NOTE: The header files used to reside directly in the include
227  directory, but have now been moved to include/openssl so that
228  OpenSSL can co-exist with other libraries which use some of the
229  same filenames.  This means that applications that use OpenSSL
230  should now use C preprocessor directives of the form
231
232       #include <openssl/ssl.h>
233
234  instead of "#include <ssl.h>", which was used with library versions
235  up to OpenSSL 0.9.2b.
236
237  If you install a new version of OpenSSL over an old library version,
238  you should delete the old header files in the include directory.
239
240  Compatibility issues:
241
242  *  COMPILING existing applications
243
244     To compile an application that uses old filenames -- e.g.
245     "#include <ssl.h>" --, it will usually be enough to find
246     the CFLAGS definition in the application's Makefile and
247     add a C option such as
248
249          -I/usr/local/ssl/include/openssl
250
251     to it.
252
253     But don't delete the existing -I option that points to
254     the ..../include directory!  Otherwise, OpenSSL header files
255     could not #include each other.
256
257  *  WRITING applications
258
259     To write an application that is able to handle both the new
260     and the old directory layout, so that it can still be compiled
261     with library versions up to OpenSSL 0.9.2b without bothering
262     the user, you can proceed as follows:
263
264     -  Always use the new filename of OpenSSL header files,
265        e.g. #include <openssl/ssl.h>.
266
267     -  Create a directory "incl" that contains only a symbolic
268        link named "openssl", which points to the "include" directory
269        of OpenSSL.
270        For example, your application's Makefile might contain the
271        following rule, if OPENSSLDIR is a pathname (absolute or
272        relative) of the directory where OpenSSL resides:
273
274        incl/openssl:
275                -mkdir incl
276                cd $(OPENSSLDIR) # Check whether the directory really exists
277                -ln -s `cd $(OPENSSLDIR); pwd`/include incl/openssl
278
279        You will have to add "incl/openssl" to the dependencies
280        of those C files that include some OpenSSL header file.
281
282     -  Add "-Iincl" to your CFLAGS.
283
284     With these additions, the OpenSSL header files will be available
285     under both name variants if an old library version is used:
286     Your application can reach them under names like <openssl/foo.h>,
287     while the header files still are able to #include each other
288     with names of the form <foo.h>.
289
290
291 Note on multi-threading
292 -----------------------
293
294 For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what compiler options
295 are needed to generate a library that is suitable for multi-threaded
296 applications.  On these systems, support for multi-threading is enabled
297 by default; use the "no-threads" option to disable (this should never be
298 necessary).
299
300 On other systems, to enable support for multi-threading, you will have
301 to specify at least two options: "threads", and a system-dependent option.
302 (The latter is "-D_REENTRANT" on various systems.)  The default in this
303 case, obviously, is not to include support for multi-threading (but
304 you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message
305 from the Configure script.)
306
307
308 Note on shared libraries
309 ------------------------
310
311 Shared libraries have certain caveats.  Binary backward compatibility
312 can't be guaranteed before OpenSSL version 1.0.  The only reason to
313 use them would be to conserve memory on systems where several programs
314 are using OpenSSL.
315
316 For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what is needed to
317 build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl.  On these systems,
318 the shared libraries are currently not created by default, but giving
319 the option "shared" will get them created.  This method supports Makefile
320 targets for shared library creation, like linux-shared.  Those targets
321 can currently be used on their own just as well, but this is expected
322 to change in future versions of OpenSSL.
323
324 Note on random number generation
325 --------------------------------
326
327 Availability of cryptographically secure random numbers is required for
328 secret key generation. OpenSSL provides several options to seed the
329 internal PRNG. If not properly seeded, the internal PRNG will refuse
330 to deliver random bytes and a "PRNG not seeded error" will occur.
331 On systems without /dev/urandom (or similar) device, it may be necessary
332 to install additional support software to obtain random seed.
333 Please check out the manual pages for RAND_add(), RAND_bytes(), RAND_egd(),
334 and the FAQ for more information.
335
336 Note on support for multiple builds
337 -----------------------------------
338
339 OpenSSL is usually built in its source tree.  Unfortunately, this doesn't
340 support building for multiple platforms from the same source tree very well.
341 It is however possible to build in a separate tree through the use of lots
342 of symbolic links, which should be prepared like this:
343
344        mkdir -p objtree/"`uname -s`-`uname -r`-`uname -m`"
345        cd objtree/"`uname -s`-`uname -r`-`uname -m`"
346        (cd $OPENSSL_SOURCE; find . -type f) | while read F; do
347                mkdir -p `dirname $F`
348                rm -f $F; ln -s $OPENSSL_SOURCE/$F $F
349                echo $F '->' $OPENSSL_SOURCE/$F
350        done
351        make -f Makefile.org clean
352
353 OPENSSL_SOURCE is an environment variable that contains the absolute (this
354 is important!) path to the OpenSSL source tree.
355
356 Also, operations like 'make update' should still be made in the source tree.
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