5 This document describes installation on all supported operating
6 systems (the Linux/Unix family, OpenVMS and Windows)
8 To install OpenSSL, you will need:
10 * A make implementation
11 * Perl 5 with core modules (please read NOTES.PERL)
12 * The perl module Text::Template (please read NOTES.PERL)
14 * a development environment in the form of development libraries and C
16 * a supported operating system
18 For additional platform specific requirements, solutions to specific
19 issues and other details, please read one of these:
21 * NOTES.UNIX (any supported Unix like system)
23 * NOTES.WIN (any supported Windows)
24 * NOTES.DJGPP (DOS platform with DJGPP)
26 Notational conventions in this document
27 ---------------------------------------
29 Throughout this document, we use the following conventions in command
32 $ command Any line starting with a dollar sign
33 ($) is a command line.
35 { word1 | word2 | word3 } This denotes a mandatory choice, to be
36 replaced with one of the given words.
37 A simple example would be this:
39 $ echo { FOO | BAR | COOKIE }
41 which is to be understood as one of
50 [ word1 | word2 | word3 ] Similar to { word1 | word2 | word3 }
51 except it's optional to give any of
52 those. In addition to the examples
53 above, this would also be valid:
57 {{ target }} This denotes a mandatory word or
58 sequence of words of some sort. A
59 simple example would be this:
63 which is to be understood to use the
64 command 'type' on some file name
65 determined by the user.
67 [[ options ]] Similar to {{ target }}, but is
70 Note that the notation assumes spaces around {, }, [, ], {{, }} and
71 [[, ]]. This is to differentiate from OpenVMS directory
72 specifications, which also use [ and ], but without spaces.
77 If you want to just get on with it, do:
93 on Windows (only pick one of the targets for configuration):
95 $ perl Configure { VC-WIN32 | VC-WIN64A | VC-WIN64I | VC-CE }
100 If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.
102 This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is:
104 Unix: normal installation directories under /usr/local
105 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version'...], where 'version' is the
106 OpenSSL version number with underscores instead of periods.
107 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
109 If you want to install it anywhere else, run config like this:
113 $ ./config --prefix=/opt/openssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl
117 $ @config --prefix=PROGRAM:[INSTALLS] --openssldir=SYS$MANAGER:[OPENSSL]
119 (Note: if you do add options to the configuration command, please make sure
120 you've read more than just this Quick Start, such as relevant NOTES.* files,
121 the options outline below, as configuration options may change the outcome
122 in otherwise unexpected ways)
125 Configuration Options
126 ---------------------
128 There are several options to ./config (or ./Configure) to customize
129 the build (note that for Windows, the defaults for --prefix and
130 --openssldir depend in what configuration is used and what Windows
131 implementation OpenSSL is built on. More notes on this in NOTES.WIN):
134 Don't build with support for deprecated APIs below the
135 specified version number. For example "--api=1.1.0" will
136 remove support for all APIS that were deprecated in OpenSSL
137 version 1.1.0 or below.
139 --cross-compile-prefix=PREFIX
140 The PREFIX to include in front of commands for your
141 toolchain. It's likely to have to end with dash, e.g.
142 a-b-c- would invoke GNU compiler as a-b-c-gcc, etc.
143 Unfortunately cross-compiling is too case-specific to
144 put together one-size-fits-all instructions. You might
145 have to pass more flags or set up environment variables
146 to actually make it work. Android and iOS cases are
147 discussed in corresponding Configurations/10-main.cf
148 sections. But there are cases when this option alone is
149 sufficient. For example to build the mingw64 target on
150 Linux "--cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32-"
151 works. Naturally provided that mingw packages are
152 installed. Today Debian and Ubuntu users have option to
153 install a number of prepackaged cross-compilers along
154 with corresponding run-time and development packages for
155 "alien" hardware. To give another example
156 "--cross-compile-prefix=mipsel-linux-gnu-" suffices
157 in such case. Needless to mention that you have to
158 invoke ./Configure, not ./config, and pass your target
162 Build OpenSSL with debugging symbols.
165 The name of the directory under the top of the installation
166 directory tree (see the --prefix option) where libraries will
167 be installed. By default this is "lib". Note that on Windows
168 only ".lib" files will be stored in this location. dll files
169 will always be installed to the "bin" directory.
172 Directory for OpenSSL configuration files, and also the
173 default certificate and key store. Defaults are:
176 Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL
177 or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SSL
178 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-COMMON]
181 The top of the installation directory tree. Defaults are:
184 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL
185 or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
186 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version']
189 Build OpenSSL without debugging symbols. This is the default.
192 This is a developer flag that switches on various compiler
193 options recommended for OpenSSL development. It only works
194 when using gcc or clang as the compiler. If you are
195 developing a patch for OpenSSL then it is recommended that
196 you use this option where possible.
198 --with-zlib-include=DIR
199 The directory for the location of the zlib include file. This
200 option is only necessary if enable-zlib (see below) is used
201 and the include file is not already on the system include
205 On Unix: this is the directory containing the zlib library.
206 If not provided the system library path will be used.
207 On Windows: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
208 without a path). This flag must be provided if the
209 zlib-dynamic option is not also used. If zlib-dynamic is used
210 then this flag is optional and a default value ("ZLIB1") is
211 used if not provided.
212 On VMS: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
213 without a path). This flag is optional and if not provided
214 then "GNV$LIBZSHR", "GNV$LIBZSHR32" or "GNV$LIBZSHR64" is
215 used by default depending on the pointer size chosen.
218 Don't build the AFALG engine. This option will be forced if
219 on a platform that does not support AFALG.
222 Build with the Address sanitiser. This is a developer option
223 only. It may not work on all platforms and should never be
224 used in production environments. It will only work when used
225 with gcc or clang and should be used in conjunction with the
229 Do not use assembler code. On some platforms a small amount
230 of assembler code may still be used.
233 Do not build support for async operations.
236 Don't automatically load all supported ciphers and digests.
237 Typically OpenSSL will make available all of its supported
238 ciphers and digests. For a statically linked application this
239 may be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
240 This only affects libcrypto. Ciphers and digests will have to
241 be loaded manually using EVP_add_cipher() and
242 EVP_add_digest() if this option is used. This option will
243 force a non-shared build.
246 Don't automatically load all libcrypto/libssl error strings.
247 Typically OpenSSL will automatically load human readable
248 error strings. For a statically linked application this may
249 be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
253 Don't build the CAPI engine. This option will be forced if
254 on a platform that does not support CAPI.
257 Don't build support for CMS features
260 Don't build support for SSL/TLS compression. If this option
261 is left enabled (the default), then compression will only
262 work if the zlib or zlib-dynamic options are also chosen.
265 Build support for debugging memory allocated via
266 OPENSSL_malloc() or OPENSSL_zalloc().
268 enable-crypto-mdebug-backtrace
269 As for crypto-mdebug, but additionally provide backtrace
270 information for allocated memory.
271 TO BE USED WITH CARE: this uses GNU C functionality, and
272 is therefore not usable for non-GNU config targets. If
273 your build complains about the use of '-rdynamic' or the
274 lack of header file execinfo.h, this option is not for you.
275 ALSO NOTE that even though execinfo.h is available on your
276 system (through Gnulib), the functions might just be stubs
280 Don't build support for Certificate Transparency.
283 Don't build with support for any deprecated APIs. This is the
284 same as using "--api" and supplying the latest version
288 Don't build support for datagram based BIOs. Selecting this
289 option will also force the disabling of DTLS.
292 Don't build support for loading Dynamic Shared Objects.
295 Don't build the dynamically loaded engines. This only has an
296 effect in a "shared" build
299 Don't build support for Elliptic Curves.
302 Don't build support for binary Elliptic Curves
304 enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128
305 Enable support for optimised implementations of some commonly
306 used NIST elliptic curves. This is only supported on some
310 Build support for gathering entropy from EGD (Entropy
314 Don't build support for loading engines.
317 Don't compile in any error strings.
319 enable-external-tests
320 Enable building of integration with external test suites.
321 This is a developer option and may not work on all platforms.
322 The only supported external test suite at the current time is
323 the BoringSSL test suite. See the file test/README.external
327 Don't compile in filename and line number information (e.g.
328 for errors and memory allocation).
330 enable-fuzz-libfuzzer, enable-fuzz-afl
331 Build with support for fuzzing using either libfuzzer or AFL.
332 These are developer options only. They may not work on all
333 platforms and should never be used in production environments.
334 See the file fuzz/README.md for further details.
337 Don't build support for GOST based ciphersuites. Note that
338 if this feature is enabled then GOST ciphersuites are only
339 available if the GOST algorithms are also available through
340 loading an externally supplied engine.
343 Don't build the padlock engine.
346 Don't generate dependencies.
349 Don't build support for writing multiple records in one
350 go in libssl (Note: this is a different capability to the
351 pipelining functionality).
354 Don't build support for the NPN TLS extension.
357 Don't build support for OCSP.
360 Don't build with support for Position Independent Code.
363 Don't use POSIX IO capabilities.
366 Don't build support for Pre-Shared Key based ciphersuites.
369 Don't use hardware RDRAND capabilities.
372 Don't build support for RFC3779 ("X.509 Extensions for IP
373 Addresses and AS Identifiers")
376 Build support for SCTP
379 Do not create shared libraries, only static ones. See "Note
380 on shared libraries" below.
383 Don't build support for socket BIOs
386 Don't build support for SRP or SRP based ciphersuites.
389 Don't build SRTP support
392 Exclude SSE2 code paths from 32-bit x86 assembly modules.
393 Normally SSE2 extension is detected at run-time, but the
394 decision whether or not the machine code will be executed
395 is taken solely on CPU capability vector. This means that
396 if you happen to run OS kernel which does not support SSE2
397 extension on Intel P4 processor, then your application
398 might be exposed to "illegal instruction" exception.
399 There might be a way to enable support in kernel, e.g.
400 FreeBSD kernel can be compiled with CPU_ENABLE_SSE, and
401 there is a way to disengage SSE2 code paths upon application
402 start-up, but if you aim for wider "audience" running
403 such kernel, consider no-sse2. Both the 386 and
404 no-asm options imply no-sse2.
407 Build with the SSL Trace capabilities (adds the "-trace"
408 option to s_client and s_server).
411 Don't build the statically linked engines. This only
412 has an impact when not built "shared".
415 Don't use anything from the C header file "stdio.h" that
416 makes use of the "FILE" type. Only libcrypto and libssl can
417 be built in this way. Using this option will suppress
418 building the command line applications. Additionally since
419 the OpenSSL tests also use the command line applications the
420 tests will also be skipped.
423 Don't build test programs or run any test.
426 Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
430 Build with support for multi-threaded applications. Most
431 platforms will enable this by default. However if on a
432 platform where this is not the case then this will usually
433 require additional system-dependent options! See "Note on
434 multi-threading" below.
436 enable-tls13downgrade
437 TODO(TLS1.3): Make this enabled by default and remove the
438 option when TLSv1.3 is out of draft
439 TLSv1.3 offers a downgrade protection mechanism. This is
440 implemented but disabled by default. It should not typically
441 be enabled except for testing purposes. Otherwise this could
442 cause problems if a pre-RFC version of OpenSSL talks to an
443 RFC implementation (it will erroneously be detected as a
447 Don't build Time Stamping Authority support.
450 Build with the Undefined Behaviour sanitiser. This is a
451 developer option only. It may not work on all platforms and
452 should never be used in production environments. It will only
453 work when used with gcc or clang and should be used in
454 conjunction with the "-DPEDANTIC" option (or the
455 --strict-warnings option).
458 Don't build with the "UI" capability (i.e. the set of
459 features enabling text based prompts).
462 Enable additional unit test APIs. This should not typically
463 be used in production deployments.
465 enable-weak-ssl-ciphers
466 Build support for SSL/TLS ciphers that are considered "weak"
467 (e.g. RC4 based ciphersuites).
470 Build with support for zlib compression/decompression.
473 Like "zlib", but has OpenSSL load the zlib library
474 dynamically when needed. This is only supported on systems
475 where loading of shared libraries is supported.
478 In 32-bit x86 builds, when generating assembly modules,
479 use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code
480 is more efficient, but requires at least a 486). Note:
481 This doesn't affect code generated by compiler, you're
482 likely to complement configuration command line with
483 suitable compiler-specific option.
486 TODO(TLS1.3): Make this enabled by default
487 Build support for TLS1.3. Note: This is a WIP feature and
488 only a single draft version is supported. Implementations
489 of different draft versions will negotiate TLS 1.2 instead
490 of (draft) TLS 1.3. Use with caution!!
493 Don't build support for negotiating the specified SSL/TLS
494 protocol (one of ssl, ssl3, tls, tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2, dtls,
495 dtls1 or dtls1_2). If "no-tls" is selected then all of tls1,
496 tls1_1 and tls1_2 are disabled. Similarly "no-dtls" will
497 disable dtls1 and dtls1_2. The "no-ssl" option is synonymous
498 with "no-ssl3". Note this only affects version negotiation.
499 OpenSSL will still provide the methods for applications to
500 explicitly select the individual protocol versions.
503 As for no-<prot> but in addition do not build the methods for
504 applications to explicitly select individual protocol
508 Build with support for the specified algorithm, where <alg>
509 is one of: md2 or rc5.
512 Build without support for the specified algorithm, where
513 <alg> is one of: bf, blake2, camellia, cast, chacha, cmac,
514 des, dh, dsa, ecdh, ecdsa, idea, md4, mdc2, ocb, poly1305,
515 rc2, rc4, rmd160, scrypt, seed, siphash, sm3, sm4 or
516 whirlpool. The "ripemd" algorithm is deprecated and if used
517 is synonymous with rmd160.
519 -Dxxx, lxxx, -Lxxx, -Wl, -rpath, -R, -framework, -static
520 These system specific options will be recognised and
521 passed through to the compiler to allow you to define
522 preprocessor symbols, specify additional libraries, library
523 directories or other compiler options. It might be worth
524 noting that some compilers generate code specifically for
525 processor the compiler currently executes on. This is not
526 necessarily what you might have in mind, since it might be
527 unsuitable for execution on other, typically older,
528 processor. Consult your compiler documentation.
531 Additional options that are not otherwise recognised are
532 passed through as they are to the compiler as well. Again,
533 consult your compiler documentation.
536 Assignment if environment variable for Configure. These
537 work just like normal environment variable assignments,
538 but are supported on all platforms and are confined to
539 the configuration scripts only. These assignments override
540 the corresponding value in the inherited environment, if
544 Installation in Detail
545 ----------------------
547 1a. Configure OpenSSL for your operation system automatically:
549 NOTE: This is not available on Windows.
551 $ ./config [[ options ]] # Unix
555 $ @config [[ options ]] ! OpenVMS
557 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
558 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
560 This guesses at your operating system (and compiler, if necessary) and
561 configures OpenSSL based on this guess. Run ./config -t to see
562 if it guessed correctly. If you want to use a different compiler, you
563 are cross-compiling for another platform, or the ./config guess was
564 wrong for other reasons, go to step 1b. Otherwise go to step 2.
566 On some systems, you can include debugging information as follows:
568 $ ./config -d [[ options ]]
570 1b. Configure OpenSSL for your operating system manually
572 OpenSSL knows about a range of different operating system, hardware and
573 compiler combinations. To see the ones it knows about, run
579 $ perl Configure # All other platforms
581 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
582 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
584 Pick a suitable name from the list that matches your system. For most
585 operating systems there is a choice between using "cc" or "gcc". When
586 you have identified your system (and if necessary compiler) use this name
587 as the argument to Configure. For example, a "linux-elf" user would
590 $ ./Configure linux-elf [[ options ]]
592 If your system isn't listed, you will have to create a configuration
593 file named Configurations/{{ something }}.conf and add the correct
594 configuration for your system. See the available configs as examples
595 and read Configurations/README and Configurations/README.design for
598 The generic configurations "cc" or "gcc" should usually work on 32 bit
601 Configure creates a build file ("Makefile" on Unix, "makefile" on Windows
602 and "descrip.mms" on OpenVMS) from a suitable template in Configurations,
603 and defines various macros in include/openssl/opensslconf.h (generated from
604 include/openssl/opensslconf.h.in).
606 1c. Configure OpenSSL for building outside of the source tree.
608 OpenSSL can be configured to build in a build directory separate from
609 the directory with the source code. It's done by placing yourself in
610 some other directory and invoking the configuration commands from
615 $ mkdir /var/tmp/openssl-build
616 $ cd /var/tmp/openssl-build
617 $ /PATH/TO/OPENSSL/SOURCE/config [[ options ]]
621 $ /PATH/TO/OPENSSL/SOURCE/Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
625 $ set default sys$login:
626 $ create/dir [.tmp.openssl-build]
627 $ set default [.tmp.openssl-build]
628 $ @[PATH.TO.OPENSSL.SOURCE]config [[ options ]]
632 $ @[PATH.TO.OPENSSL.SOURCE]Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
637 $ mkdir \temp-openssl
639 $ perl d:\PATH\TO\OPENSSL\SOURCE\Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
641 Paths can be relative just as well as absolute. Configure will
642 do its best to translate them to relative paths whenever possible.
644 2. Build OpenSSL by running:
647 $ mms ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
650 This will build the OpenSSL libraries (libcrypto.a and libssl.a on
651 Unix, corresponding on other platforms) and the OpenSSL binary
652 ("openssl"). The libraries will be built in the top-level directory,
653 and the binary will be in the "apps" subdirectory.
655 If the build fails, look at the output. There may be reasons
656 for the failure that aren't problems in OpenSSL itself (like
657 missing standard headers). If you are having problems you can
658 get help by sending an email to the openssl-users email list (see
659 https://www.openssl.org/community/mailinglists.html for details). If
660 it is a bug with OpenSSL itself, please open an issue on GitHub, at
661 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues. Please review the existing
662 ones first; maybe the bug was already reported or has already been
665 (If you encounter assembler error messages, try the "no-asm"
666 configuration option as an immediate fix.)
668 Compiling parts of OpenSSL with gcc and others with the system
669 compiler will result in unresolved symbols on some systems.
671 3. After a successful build, the libraries should be tested. Run:
675 $ nmake test # Windows
677 NOTE: you MUST run the tests from an unprivileged account (or
678 disable your privileges temporarily if your platform allows it).
680 If some tests fail, look at the output. There may be reasons for
681 the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like a
682 malfunction with Perl). You may want increased verbosity, that
683 can be accomplished like this:
685 $ make VERBOSE=1 test # Unix
687 $ mms /macro=(VERBOSE=1) test ! OpenVMS
689 $ nmake VERBOSE=1 test # Windows
691 If you want to run just one or a few specific tests, you can use
692 the make variable TESTS to specify them, like this:
694 $ make TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test # Unix
695 $ mms/macro="TESTS=test_rsa test_dsa" test ! OpenVMS
696 $ nmake TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test # Windows
698 And of course, you can combine (Unix example shown):
700 $ make VERBOSE=1 TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test
702 You can find the list of available tests like this:
704 $ make list-tests # Unix
705 $ mms list-tests ! OpenVMS
706 $ nmake list-tests # Windows
708 Have a look at the manual for the perl module Test::Harness to
709 see what other HARNESS_* variables there are.
711 If you find a problem with OpenSSL itself, try removing any
712 compiler optimization flags from the CFLAGS line in Makefile and
713 run "make clean; make" or corresponding.
715 To report a bug please open an issue on GitHub, at
716 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues.
718 For more details on how the make variables TESTS can be used,
719 see section TESTS in Detail below.
721 4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with
723 $ make install # Unix
724 $ mms install ! OpenVMS
725 $ nmake install # Windows
727 This will install all the software components in this directory
728 tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its
733 bin/ Contains the openssl binary and a few other
736 Contains the header files needed if you want
737 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
739 lib Contains the OpenSSL library files.
740 lib/engines Contains the OpenSSL dynamically loadable engines.
742 share/man/man1 Contains the OpenSSL command line man-pages.
743 share/man/man3 Contains the OpenSSL library calls man-pages.
744 share/man/man5 Contains the OpenSSL configuration format man-pages.
745 share/man/man7 Contains the OpenSSL other misc man-pages.
747 share/doc/openssl/html/man1
748 share/doc/openssl/html/man3
749 share/doc/openssl/html/man5
750 share/doc/openssl/html/man7
751 Contains the HTML rendition of the man-pages.
753 OpenVMS ('arch' is replaced with the architecture name, "Alpha"
754 or "ia64", 'sover' is replaced with the shared library version
755 (0101 for 1.1), and 'pz' is replaced with the pointer size
756 OpenSSL was built with):
758 [.EXE.'arch'] Contains the openssl binary.
759 [.EXE] Contains a few utility scripts.
761 Contains the header files needed if you want
762 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
764 [.LIB.'arch'] Contains the OpenSSL library files.
765 [.ENGINES'sover''pz'.'arch']
766 Contains the OpenSSL dynamically loadable engines.
767 [.SYS$STARTUP] Contains startup, login and shutdown scripts.
768 These define appropriate logical names and
770 [.SYSTEST] Contains the installation verification procedure.
771 [.HTML] Contains the HTML rendition of the manual pages.
774 Additionally, install will add the following directories under
775 OPENSSLDIR (the directory given with --openssldir or its default)
778 certs Initially empty, this is the default location
779 for certificate files.
780 private Initially empty, this is the default location
781 for private key files.
782 misc Various scripts.
784 Package builders who want to configure the library for standard
785 locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
786 it can easily be packaged, can use
788 $ make DESTDIR=/tmp/package-root install # Unix
789 $ mms/macro="DESTDIR=TMP:[PACKAGE-ROOT]" install ! OpenVMS
791 The specified destination directory will be prepended to all
792 installation target paths.
794 Compatibility issues with previous OpenSSL versions:
796 * COMPILING existing applications
798 OpenSSL 1.1.0 hides a number of structures that were previously
799 open. This includes all internal libssl structures and a number
800 of EVP types. Accessor functions have been added to allow
801 controlled access to the structures' data.
803 This means that some software needs to be rewritten to adapt to
804 the new ways of doing things. This often amounts to allocating
805 an instance of a structure explicitly where you could previously
806 allocate them on the stack as automatic variables, and using the
807 provided accessor functions where you would previously access a
808 structure's field directly.
810 Some APIs have changed as well. However, older APIs have been
811 preserved when possible.
813 Environment Variables
814 ---------------------
816 A number of environment variables can be used to provide additional control
817 over the build process. Typically these should be defined prior to running
818 config or Configure. Not all environment variables are relevant to all
822 The name of the ar executable to use.
825 Use a different build file name than the platform default
826 ("Makefile" on Unixly platforms, "makefile" on native Windows,
827 "descrip.mms" on OpenVMS). This requires that there is a
828 corresponding build file template. See Configurations/README
829 for further information.
832 The compiler to use. Configure will attempt to pick a default
833 compiler for your platform but this choice can be overridden
834 using this variable. Set it to the compiler executable you wish
835 to use, e.g. "gcc" or "clang".
838 This environment variable has the same meaning as for the
839 "--cross-compile-prefix" Configure flag described above. If both
840 are set then the Configure flag takes precedence.
843 The name of the nm executable to use.
845 OPENSSL_LOCAL_CONFIG_DIR
846 OpenSSL comes with a database of information about how it
847 should be built on different platforms as well as build file
848 templates for those platforms. The database is comprised of
849 ".conf" files in the Configurations directory. The build
850 file templates reside there as well as ".tmpl" files. See the
851 file Configurations/README for further information about the
852 format of ".conf" files as well as information on the ".tmpl"
854 In addition to the standard ".conf" and ".tmpl" files, it is
855 possible to create your own ".conf" and ".tmpl" files and store
856 them locally, outside the OpenSSL source tree. This environment
857 variable can be set to the directory where these files are held
858 and will be considered by Configure before it looks in the
859 standard directories.
862 The name of the Perl executable to use when building OpenSSL.
863 This variable is used in config script only. Configure on the
864 other hand imposes the interpreter by which it itself was
865 executed on the whole build procedure.
868 The command string for the Perl executable to insert in the
869 #! line of perl scripts that will be publically installed.
870 Default: /usr/bin/env perl
871 Note: the value of this variable is added to the same scripts
872 on all platforms, but it's only relevant on Unix-like platforms.
875 The name of the rc executable to use. The default will be as
876 defined for the target platform in the ".conf" file. If not
877 defined then "windres" will be used. The WINDRES environment
878 variable is synonymous to this. If both are defined then RC
882 The name of the ranlib executable to use.
890 The Configure script generates a Makefile in a format relevant to the specific
891 platform. The Makefiles provide a number of targets that can be used. Not all
892 targets may be available on all platforms. Only the most common targets are
893 described here. Examine the Makefiles themselves for the full list.
896 The default target to build all the software components.
899 Remove all build artefacts and return the directory to a "clean"
903 Rebuild the dependencies in the Makefiles. This is a legacy
904 option that no longer needs to be used in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
907 Install all OpenSSL components.
910 Only install the OpenSSL software components.
913 Only install the OpenSSL documentation components.
916 Only install the OpenSSL man pages (Unix only).
919 Only install the OpenSSL html documentation.
922 Prints a list of all the self test names.
925 Build and run the OpenSSL self tests.
928 Uninstall all OpenSSL components.
931 This is a developer option. If you are developing a patch for
932 OpenSSL you may need to use this if you want to update
933 automatically generated files; add new error codes or add new
934 (or change the visibility of) public API functions. (Unix only).
939 The make variable TESTS supports a versatile set of space separated tokens
940 with which you can specify a set of tests to be performed. With a "current
941 set of tests" in mind, initially being empty, here are the possible tokens:
943 alltests The current set of tests becomes the whole set of available
944 tests (as listed when you do 'make list-tests' or similar).
945 xxx Adds the test 'xxx' to the current set of tests.
946 -xxx Removes 'xxx' from the current set of tests. If this is the
947 first token in the list, the current set of tests is first
948 assigned the whole set of available tests, effectively making
949 this token equivalent to TESTS="alltests -xxx".
950 nn Adds the test group 'nn' (which is a number) to the current
952 -nn Removes the test group 'nn' from the current set of tests.
953 If this is the first token in the list, the current set of
954 tests is first assigned the whole set of available tests,
955 effectively making this token equivalent to
956 TESTS="alltests -xxx".
958 Also, all tokens except for "alltests" may have wildcards, such as *.
959 (on Unix and Windows, BSD style wildcards are supported, while on VMS,
960 it's VMS style wildcards)
962 Example: All tests except for the fuzz tests:
964 $ make TESTS=-test_fuzz test
966 or (if you want to be explicit)
968 $ make TESTS='alltests -test_fuzz' test
970 Example: All tests that have a name starting with "test_ssl" but not those
971 starting with "test_ssl_":
973 $ make TESTS='test_ssl* -test_ssl_*' test
975 Example: Only test group 10:
979 Example: All tests except the slow group (group 99):
983 Example: All tests in test groups 80 to 99 except for tests in group 90:
985 $ make TESTS='[89]? -90'
987 Note on multi-threading
988 -----------------------
990 For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what compiler options
991 are needed to generate a library that is suitable for multi-threaded
992 applications. On these systems, support for multi-threading is enabled
993 by default; use the "no-threads" option to disable (this should never be
996 On other systems, to enable support for multi-threading, you will have
997 to specify at least two options: "threads", and a system-dependent option.
998 (The latter is "-D_REENTRANT" on various systems.) The default in this
999 case, obviously, is not to include support for multi-threading (but
1000 you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message
1001 from the Configure script.)
1003 OpenSSL provides built-in support for two threading models: pthreads (found on
1004 most UNIX/Linux systems), and Windows threads. No other threading models are
1005 supported. If your platform does not provide pthreads or Windows threads then
1006 you should Configure with the "no-threads" option.
1008 Notes on shared libraries
1009 -------------------------
1011 For most systems the OpenSSL Configure script knows what is needed to
1012 build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems
1013 the shared libraries will be created by default. This can be suppressed and
1014 only static libraries created by using the "no-shared" option. On systems
1015 where OpenSSL does not know how to build shared libraries the "no-shared"
1016 option will be forced and only static libraries will be created.
1018 Shared libraries are named a little differently on different platforms.
1019 One way or another, they all have the major OpenSSL version number as
1020 part of the file name, i.e. for OpenSSL 1.1.x, 1.1 is somehow part of
1023 On most POSIXly platforms, shared libraries are named libcrypto.so.1.1
1026 on Cygwin, shared libraries are named cygcrypto-1.1.dll and cygssl-1.1.dll
1027 with import libraries libcrypto.dll.a and libssl.dll.a.
1029 On Windows build with MSVC or using MingW, shared libraries are named
1030 libcrypto-1_1.dll and libssl-1_1.dll for 32-bit Windows, libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
1031 and libssl-1_1-x64.dll for 64-bit x86_64 Windows, and libcrypto-1_1-ia64.dll
1032 and libssl-1_1-ia64.dll for IA64 Windows. With MSVC, the import libraries
1033 are named libcrypto.lib and libssl.lib, while with MingW, they are named
1034 libcrypto.dll.a and libssl.dll.a.
1036 On VMS, shareable images (VMS speak for shared libraries) are named
1037 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr.exe. However, when
1038 OpenSSL is specifically built for 32-bit pointers, the shareable images
1039 are named ossl$libcrypto0101_shr32.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr32.exe
1040 instead, and when built for 64-bit pointers, they are named
1041 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr64.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr64.exe.
1043 Note on random number generation
1044 --------------------------------
1046 Availability of cryptographically secure random numbers is required for
1047 secret key generation. OpenSSL provides several options to seed the
1048 internal PRNG. If not properly seeded, the internal PRNG will refuse
1049 to deliver random bytes and a "PRNG not seeded error" will occur.
1050 On systems without /dev/urandom (or similar) device, it may be necessary
1051 to install additional support software to obtain a random seed.
1052 Please check out the manual pages for RAND_add(), RAND_bytes(), RAND_egd(),
1053 and the FAQ for more information.
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