5 [This document describes installation on all supported operating
6 systems (currently mainly the Linux/Unix family, OpenVMS and
9 To install OpenSSL, you will need:
11 * A make implementation
12 * Perl 5 with core modules (please read NOTES.PERL)
13 * The perl module Text::Template (please read NOTES.PERL)
15 * a development environment in the form of development libraries and C
17 * a supported operating system
19 For additional platform specific requirements and other details,
20 please read one of these:
23 * NOTES.WIN (any supported Windows)
24 * NOTES.DJGPP (DOS platform with DJGPP)
29 If you want to just get on with it, do:
45 on Windows (only pick one of the targets for configuration):
47 $ perl Configure { VC-WIN32 | VC-WIN64A | VC-WIN64I | VC-CE }
52 [If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.]
54 This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is:
56 Unix: normal installation directories under /usr/local
57 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version'...], where 'version' is the
58 OpenSSL version number with underscores instead of periods.
59 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
61 If you want to install it anywhere else, run config like this:
65 $ ./config --prefix=/opt/openssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl
69 $ @config --prefix=PROGRAM:[INSTALLS] --openssldir=SYS$MANAGER:[OPENSSL]
75 There are several options to ./config (or ./Configure) to customize
76 the build (note that for Windows, the defaults for --prefix and
77 --openssldir depend in what configuration is used and what Windows
78 implementation OpenSSL is built on. More notes on this in NOTES.WIN):
81 Don't build with support for deprecated APIs below the
82 specified version number. For example "--api=1.1.0" will
83 remove support for all APIS that were deprecated in OpenSSL
84 version 1.1.0 or below.
86 --cross-compile-prefix=PREFIX
87 The PREFIX to include in front of commands for your
88 toolchain. It's likely to have to end with dash, e.g.
89 a-b-c- would invoke GNU compiler as a-b-c-gcc, etc.
90 Unfortunately cross-compiling is too case-specific to
91 put together one-size-fits-all instructions. You might
92 have to pass more flags or set up environment variables
93 to actually make it work. Android and iOS cases are
94 discussed in corresponding Configurations/10-main.cf
95 sections. But there are cases when this option alone is
96 sufficient. For example to build the mingw64 target on
97 Linux "--cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32-"
98 works. Naturally provided that mingw packages are
99 installed. Today Debian and Ubuntu users have option to
100 install a number of prepackaged cross-compilers along
101 with corresponding run-time and development packages for
102 "alien" hardware. To give another example
103 "--cross-compile-prefix=mipsel-linux-gnu-" suffices
104 in such case. Needless to mention that you have to
105 invoke ./Configure, not ./config, and pass your target
109 Build OpenSSL with debugging symbols.
112 The name of the directory under the top of the installation
113 directory tree (see the --prefix option) where libraries will
114 be installed. By default this is "lib". Note that on Windows
115 only ".lib" files will be stored in this location. dll files
116 will always be installed to the "bin" directory.
119 Directory for OpenSSL configuration files, and also the
120 default certificate and key store. Defaults are:
123 Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL
124 or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SSL
125 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-COMMON]
128 The top of the installation directory tree. Defaults are:
131 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL
132 or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
133 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version']
136 Build OpenSSL without debugging symbols. This is the default.
139 This is a developer flag that switches on various compiler
140 options recommended for OpenSSL development. It only works
141 when using gcc or clang as the compiler. If you are
142 developing a patch for OpenSSL then it is recommended that
143 you use this option where possible.
145 --with-zlib-include=DIR
146 The directory for the location of the zlib include file. This
147 option is only necessary if enable-zlib (see below) is used
148 and the include file is not already on the system include
152 On Unix: this is the directory containing the zlib library.
153 If not provided the system library path will be used.
154 On Windows: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
155 without a path). This flag must be provided if the
156 zlib-dynamic option is not also used. If zlib-dynamic is used
157 then this flag is optional and a default value ("ZLIB1") is
158 used if not provided.
159 On VMS: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
160 without a path). This flag is optional and if not provided
161 then "GNV$LIBZSHR", "GNV$LIBZSHR32" or "GNV$LIBZSHR64" is
162 used by default depending on the pointer size chosen.
165 Don't build the AFALG engine. This option will be forced if
166 on a platform that does not support AFALG.
169 Build with the Address sanitiser. This is a developer option
170 only. It may not work on all platforms and should never be
171 used in production environments. It will only work when used
172 with gcc or clang and should be used in conjunction with the
176 Do not use assembler code. On some platforms a small amount
177 of assembler code may still be used.
180 Do not build support for async operations.
183 Don't automatically load all supported ciphers and digests.
184 Typically OpenSSL will make available all of its supported
185 ciphers and digests. For a statically linked application this
186 may be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
187 This only affects libcrypto. Ciphers and digests will have to
188 be loaded manually using EVP_add_cipher() and
189 EVP_add_digest() if this option is used. This option will
190 force a non-shared build.
193 Don't automatically load all libcrypto/libssl error strings.
194 Typically OpenSSL will automatically load human readable
195 error strings. For a statically linked application this may
196 be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
200 Don't build the CAPI engine. This option will be forced if
201 on a platform that does not support CAPI.
204 Don't build support for CMS features
207 Don't build support for SSL/TLS compression. If this option
208 is left enabled (the default), then compression will only
209 work if the zlib or zlib-dynamic options are also chosen.
212 Build support for debugging memory allocated via
213 OPENSSL_malloc() or OPENSSL_zalloc().
215 enable-crypto-mdebug-backtrace
216 As for crypto-mdebug, but additionally provide backtrace
217 information for allocated memory.
218 TO BE USED WITH CARE: this uses GNU C functionality, and
219 is therefore not usable for non-GNU config targets. If
220 your build complains about the use of '-rdynamic' or the
221 lack of header file execinfo.h, this option is not for you.
222 ALSO NOTE that even though execinfo.h is available on your
223 system (through Gnulib), the functions might just be stubs
227 Don't build support for Certificate Transparency.
230 Don't build with support for any deprecated APIs. This is the
231 same as using "--api" and supplying the latest version
235 Don't build support for datagram based BIOs. Selecting this
236 option will also force the disabling of DTLS.
239 Don't build support for loading Dynamic Shared Objects.
242 Don't build the dynamically loaded engines. This only has an
243 effect in a "shared" build
246 Don't build support for Elliptic Curves.
249 Don't build support for binary Elliptic Curves
251 enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128
252 Enable support for optimised implementations of some commonly
253 used NIST elliptic curves. This is only supported on some
257 Build support for gathering entropy from EGD (Entropy
261 Don't build support for loading engines.
264 Don't compile in any error strings.
267 Don't compile in filename and line number information (e.g.
268 for errors and memory allocation).
270 enable-fuzz-libfuzzer, enable-fuzz-afl
271 Build with support for fuzzing using either libfuzzer or AFL.
272 These are developer options only. They may not work on all
273 platforms and should never be used in production environments.
274 See the file fuzz/README.md for further details.
277 Don't build support for GOST based ciphersuites. Note that
278 if this feature is enabled then GOST ciphersuites are only
279 available if the GOST algorithms are also available through
280 loading an externally supplied engine.
283 Build support for DTLS heartbeats.
286 Don't build the padlock engine.
289 Don't generate dependencies.
292 Don't build support for writing multiple records in one
293 go in libssl (Note: this is a different capability to the
294 pipelining functionality).
297 Don't build support for the NPN TLS extension.
300 Don't build support for OCSP.
303 Don't build with support for Position Independent Code.
306 Don't use POSIX IO capabilities.
309 Don't build support for Pre-Shared Key based ciphersuites.
312 Don't use hardware RDRAND capabilities.
315 Don't build support for RFC3779 ("X.509 Extensions for IP
316 Addresses and AS Identifiers")
319 Build support for SCTP
322 Do not create shared libraries, only static ones. See "Note
323 on shared libraries" below.
326 Don't build support for socket BIOs
329 Don't build support for SRP or SRP based ciphersuites.
332 Don't build SRTP support
335 Exclude SSE2 code paths. Normally SSE2 extension is
336 detected at run-time, but the decision whether or not the
337 machine code will be executed is taken solely on CPU
338 capability vector. This means that if you happen to run OS
339 kernel which does not support SSE2 extension on Intel P4
340 processor, then your application might be exposed to
341 "illegal instruction" exception. There might be a way
342 to enable support in kernel, e.g. FreeBSD kernel can be
343 compiled with CPU_ENABLE_SSE, and there is a way to
344 disengage SSE2 code paths upon application start-up,
345 but if you aim for wider "audience" running such kernel,
346 consider no-sse2. Both the 386 and no-asm options imply
350 Build with the SSL Trace capabilities (adds the "-trace"
351 option to s_client and s_server).
354 Don't build the statically linked engines. This only
355 has an impact when not built "shared".
358 Don't use any C "stdio" features. Only libcrypto and libssl
359 can be built in this way. Using this option will suppress
360 building the command line applications. Additionally since
361 the OpenSSL tests also use the command line applications the
362 tests will also be skipped.
365 Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
369 Build with support for multi-threaded applications. Most
370 platforms will enable this by default. However if on a
371 platform where this is not the case then this will usually
372 require additional system-dependent options! See "Note on
373 multi-threading" below.
376 Don't build Time Stamping Authority support.
379 Build with the Undefined Behaviour sanitiser. This is a
380 developer option only. It may not work on all platforms and
381 should never be used in production environments. It will only
382 work when used with gcc or clang and should be used in
383 conjunction with the "-DPEDANTIC" option (or the
384 --strict-warnings option).
387 Don't build with the "UI" capability (i.e. the set of
388 features enabling text based prompts).
391 Enable additional unit test APIs. This should not typically
392 be used in production deployments.
394 enable-weak-ssl-ciphers
395 Build support for SSL/TLS ciphers that are considered "weak"
396 (e.g. RC4 based ciphersuites).
399 Build with support for zlib compression/decompression.
402 Like "zlib", but has OpenSSL load the zlib library
403 dynamically when needed. This is only supported on systems
404 where loading of shared libraries is supported.
407 On Intel hardware, use the 80386 instruction set only
408 (the default x86 code is more efficient, but requires at
409 least a 486). Note: Use compiler flags for any other CPU
410 specific configuration, e.g. "-m32" to build x86 code on
414 Don't build support for negotiating the specified SSL/TLS
415 protocol (one of ssl, ssl3, tls, tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2, dtls,
416 dtls1 or dtls1_2). If "no-tls" is selected then all of tls1,
417 tls1_1 and tls1_2 are disabled. Similarly "no-dtls" will
418 disable dtls1 and dtls1_2. The "no-ssl" option is synonymous
419 with "no-ssl3". Note this only affects version negotiation.
420 OpenSSL will still provide the methods for applications to
421 explicitly select the individual protocol versions.
424 As for no-<prot> but in addition do not build the methods for
425 applications to explicitly select individual protocol
429 Build with support for the specified algorithm, where <alg>
430 is one of: md2 or rc5.
433 Build without support for the specified algorithm, where
434 <alg> is one of: bf, blake2, camellia, cast, chacha, cmac,
435 des, dh, dsa, ecdh, ecdsa, idea, md4, md5, mdc2, ocb,
436 ploy1305, rc2, rc4, rmd160, scrypt, seed or whirlpool. The
437 "ripemd" algorithm is deprecated and if used is synonymous
440 -Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -mXXX, -Kxxx
441 These system specific options will be passed through to the
442 compiler to allow you to define preprocessor symbols, specify
443 additional libraries, library directories or other compiler
447 Installation in Detail
448 ----------------------
450 1a. Configure OpenSSL for your operation system automatically:
452 NOTE: This is not available on Windows.
454 $ ./config [options] # Unix
458 $ @config [options] ! OpenVMS
460 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
461 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
463 This guesses at your operating system (and compiler, if necessary) and
464 configures OpenSSL based on this guess. Run ./config -t to see
465 if it guessed correctly. If you want to use a different compiler, you
466 are cross-compiling for another platform, or the ./config guess was
467 wrong for other reasons, go to step 1b. Otherwise go to step 2.
469 On some systems, you can include debugging information as follows:
471 $ ./config -d [options]
473 1b. Configure OpenSSL for your operating system manually
475 OpenSSL knows about a range of different operating system, hardware and
476 compiler combinations. To see the ones it knows about, run
482 $ perl Configure # All other platforms
484 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
485 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
487 Pick a suitable name from the list that matches your system. For most
488 operating systems there is a choice between using "cc" or "gcc". When
489 you have identified your system (and if necessary compiler) use this name
490 as the argument to Configure. For example, a "linux-elf" user would
493 $ ./Configure linux-elf [options]
495 If your system isn't listed, you will have to create a configuration
496 file named Configurations/{something}.conf and add the correct
497 configuration for your system. See the available configs as examples
498 and read Configurations/README and Configurations/README.design for
501 The generic configurations "cc" or "gcc" should usually work on 32 bit
504 Configure creates a build file ("Makefile" on Unix, "makefile" on Windows
505 and "descrip.mms" on OpenVMS) from a suitable template in Configurations,
506 and defines various macros in include/openssl/opensslconf.h (generated from
507 include/openssl/opensslconf.h.in).
509 1c. Configure OpenSSL for building outside of the source tree.
511 OpenSSL can be configured to build in a build directory separate from
512 the directory with the source code. It's done by placing yourself in
513 some other directory and invoking the configuration commands from
518 $ mkdir /var/tmp/openssl-build
519 $ cd /var/tmp/openssl-build
520 $ /PATH/TO/OPENSSL/SOURCE/config [options]
524 $ /PATH/TO/OPENSSL/SOURCE/Configure [target] [options]
528 $ set default sys$login:
529 $ create/dir [.tmp.openssl-build]
530 $ set default [.tmp.openssl-build]
531 $ @[PATH.TO.OPENSSL.SOURCE]config {options}
535 $ @[PATH.TO.OPENSSL.SOURCE]Configure {target} {options}
540 $ mkdir \temp-openssl
542 $ perl d:\PATH\TO\OPENSSL\SOURCE\Configure {target} {options}
544 Paths can be relative just as well as absolute. Configure will
545 do its best to translate them to relative paths whenever possible.
547 2. Build OpenSSL by running:
550 $ mms ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
553 This will build the OpenSSL libraries (libcrypto.a and libssl.a on
554 Unix, corresponding on other platforms) and the OpenSSL binary
555 ("openssl"). The libraries will be built in the top-level directory,
556 and the binary will be in the "apps" subdirectory.
558 If the build fails, look at the output. There may be reasons for
559 the failure that aren't problems in OpenSSL itself (like missing
560 standard headers). If you are having problems you can get help by
561 sending an email to the openssl-users email list (see
562 https://www.openssl.org/community/mailinglists.html for details). If it
563 is a bug with OpenSSL itself, please report the problem to
564 <rt@openssl.org> (note that your message will be recorded in the request
565 tracker publicly readable at
566 https://www.openssl.org/community/index.html#bugs and will be
567 forwarded to a public mailing list). Please check out the request
568 tracker. Maybe the bug was already reported or has already been
571 [If you encounter assembler error messages, try the "no-asm"
572 configuration option as an immediate fix.]
574 Compiling parts of OpenSSL with gcc and others with the system
575 compiler will result in unresolved symbols on some systems.
577 3. After a successful build, the libraries should be tested. Run:
581 $ nmake test # Windows
583 NOTE: you MUST run the tests from an unprivileged account (or
584 disable your privileges temporarily if your platform allows it).
586 If some tests fail, look at the output. There may be reasons for
587 the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like a
588 malfunction with Perl). You may want increased verbosity, that
589 can be accomplished like this:
591 $ make VERBOSE=1 test # Unix
593 $ mms /macro=(VERBOSE=1) test ! OpenVMS
595 $ nmake VERBOSE=1 test # Windows
597 If you want to run just one or a few specific tests, you can use
598 the make variable TESTS to specify them, like this:
600 $ make TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test # Unix
601 $ mms/macro="TESTS=test_rsa test_dsa" test ! OpenVMS
602 $ nmake TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test # Windows
604 And of course, you can combine (Unix example shown):
606 $ make VERBOSE=1 TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test
608 You can find the list of available tests like this:
610 $ make list-tests # Unix
611 $ mms list-tests ! OpenVMS
612 $ nmake list-tests # Windows
614 Have a look at the manual for the perl module Test::Harness to
615 see what other HARNESS_* variables there are.
617 If you find a problem with OpenSSL itself, try removing any
618 compiler optimization flags from the CFLAGS line in Makefile and
619 run "make clean; make" or corresponding.
621 Please send bug reports to <rt@openssl.org>.
623 4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with
625 $ make install # Unix
626 $ mms install ! OpenVMS
627 $ nmake install # Windows
629 This will install all the software components in this directory
630 tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its
635 bin/ Contains the openssl binary and a few other
638 Contains the header files needed if you want
639 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
641 lib Contains the OpenSSL library files.
642 lib/engines Contains the OpenSSL dynamically loadable engines.
643 share/man/{man1,man3,man5,man7}
644 Contains the OpenSSL man-pages.
645 share/doc/openssl/html/{man1,man3,man5,man7}
646 Contains the HTML rendition of the man-pages.
648 OpenVMS ('arch' is replaced with the architecture name, "Alpha"
649 or "ia64", 'sover' is replaced with the shared library version
650 (0101 for 1.1), and 'pz' is replaced with the pointer size
651 OpenSSL was built with):
653 [.EXE.'arch'] Contains the openssl binary.
654 [.EXE] Contains a few utility scripts.
656 Contains the header files needed if you want
657 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
659 [.LIB.'arch'] Contains the OpenSSL library files.
660 [.ENGINES'sover''pz'.'arch']
661 Contains the OpenSSL dynamically loadable engines.
662 [.SYS$STARTUP] Contains startup, login and shutdown scripts.
663 These define appropriate logical names and
665 [.SYSTEST] Contains the installation verification procedure.
666 [.HTML] Contains the HTML rendition of the manual pages.
669 Additionally, install will add the following directories under
670 OPENSSLDIR (the directory given with --openssldir or its default)
673 certs Initially empty, this is the default location
674 for certificate files.
675 private Initially empty, this is the default location
676 for private key files.
677 misc Various scripts.
679 Package builders who want to configure the library for standard
680 locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
681 it can easily be packaged, can use
683 $ make DESTDIR=/tmp/package-root install # Unix
684 $ mms/macro="DESTDIR=TMP:[PACKAGE-ROOT]" install ! OpenVMS
686 The specified destination directory will be prepended to all
687 installation target paths.
689 Compatibility issues with previous OpenSSL versions:
691 * COMPILING existing applications
693 OpenSSL 1.1.0 hides a number of structures that were previously
694 open. This includes all internal libssl structures and a number
695 of EVP types. Accessor functions have been added to allow
696 controlled access to the structures' data.
698 This means that some software needs to be rewritten to adapt to
699 the new ways of doing things. This often amounts to allocating
700 an instance of a structure explicitly where you could previously
701 allocate them on the stack as automatic variables, and using the
702 provided accessor functions where you would previously access a
703 structure's field directly.
705 Some APIs have changed as well. However, older APIs have been
706 preserved when possible.
708 Environment Variables
709 ---------------------
711 A number of environment variables can be used to provide additional control
712 over the build process. Typically these should be defined prior to running
713 config or Configure. Not all environment variables are relevant to all
717 The name of the ar executable to use.
720 The compiler to use. Configure will attempt to pick a default
721 compiler for your platform but this choice can be overridden
722 using this variable. Set it to the compiler executable you wish
723 to use, e.g. "gcc" or "clang".
726 This environment variable has the same meaning as for the
727 "--cross-compile-prefix" Configure flag described above. If both
728 are set then the Configure flag takes precedence.
731 The name of the nm executable to use.
733 OPENSSL_LOCAL_CONFIG_DIR
734 OpenSSL comes with a database of information about how it
735 should be built on different platforms. This information is
736 held in ".conf" files in the Configurations directory. See the
737 file Configurations/README for further information about the
738 format of ".conf" files. As well as the standard ".conf" files
739 it is possible to create your own ".conf" files and store them
740 locally, outside the OpenSSL source tree. This environment
741 variable can be set to the directory where these files are held.
744 The name of the Perl executable to use when building OpenSSL.
747 The command string for the Perl executable to insert in the
748 #! line of perl scripts that will be publically installed.
749 Default: /usr/bin/env perl
750 Note: the value of this variable is added to the same scripts
751 on all platforms, but it's only relevant on Unix-like platforms.
754 The name of the rc executable to use. The default will be as
755 defined for the target platform in the ".conf" file. If not
756 defined then "windres" will be used. The WINDRES environment
757 variable is synonymous to this. If both are defined then RC
761 The name of the ranlib executable to use.
769 The Configure script generates a Makefile in a format relevant to the specific
770 platform. The Makefiles provide a number of targets that can be used. Not all
771 targets may be available on all platforms. Only the most common targets are
772 described here. Examine the Makefiles themselves for the full list.
775 The default target to build all the software components.
778 Remove all build artefacts and return the directory to a "clean"
782 Rebuild the dependencies in the Makefiles. This is a legacy
783 option that no longer needs to be used in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
786 Install all OpenSSL components.
789 Only install the OpenSSL software components.
792 Only install the OpenSSL documentation components.
795 Only install the OpenSSL man pages (Unix only).
798 Only install the OpenSSL html documentation.
801 Prints a list of all the self test names.
804 Build and run the OpenSSL self tests.
807 Uninstall all OpenSSL components.
810 This is a developer option. If you are developing a patch for
811 OpenSSL you may need to use this if you want to update
812 automatically generated files; add new error codes or add new
813 (or change the visibility of) public API functions. (Unix only).
815 Note on multi-threading
816 -----------------------
818 For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what compiler options
819 are needed to generate a library that is suitable for multi-threaded
820 applications. On these systems, support for multi-threading is enabled
821 by default; use the "no-threads" option to disable (this should never be
824 On other systems, to enable support for multi-threading, you will have
825 to specify at least two options: "threads", and a system-dependent option.
826 (The latter is "-D_REENTRANT" on various systems.) The default in this
827 case, obviously, is not to include support for multi-threading (but
828 you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message
829 from the Configure script.)
831 OpenSSL provides built-in support for two threading models: pthreads (found on
832 most UNIX/Linux systems), and Windows threads. No other threading models are
833 supported. If your platform does not provide pthreads or Windows threads then
834 you should Configure with the "no-threads" option.
836 Note on shared libraries
837 ------------------------
839 For most systems the OpenSSL Configure script knows what is needed to
840 build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems
841 the shared libraries will be created by default. This can be suppressed and
842 only static libraries created by using the "no-shared" option. On systems
843 where OpenSSL does not know how to build shared libraries the "no-shared"
844 option will be forced and only static libraries will be created.
846 Note on random number generation
847 --------------------------------
849 Availability of cryptographically secure random numbers is required for
850 secret key generation. OpenSSL provides several options to seed the
851 internal PRNG. If not properly seeded, the internal PRNG will refuse
852 to deliver random bytes and a "PRNG not seeded error" will occur.
853 On systems without /dev/urandom (or similar) device, it may be necessary
854 to install additional support software to obtain a random seed.
855 Please check out the manual pages for RAND_add(), RAND_bytes(), RAND_egd(),
856 and the FAQ for more information.
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