X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=ca4d403a3695a371616bc5d81395bed5f8941537;hp=7fca85aa1628c3ce03a857ea8850d3a823b0d6b1;hb=733777275b28a5a45cdce48360e6e1f7b9b25c6c;hpb=2c51f2d909457c818606c74c89d81d6c5be80228 diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 7fca85aa16..ca4d403a36 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ INSTALLATION ON THE UNIX PLATFORM --------------------------------- - [See INSTALL.W32 for instructions for compiling OpenSSL on Windows systems, - INSTALL.VMS for installing on OpenVMS systems, and INSTALL.MacOS for - installing on MacOS, but not MacOS X, systems.] + [Installation on Windows, OpenVMS and MacOS (before MacOS X) is described + in INSTALL.W32, INSTALL.VMS and INSTALL.MacOS.] To install OpenSSL, you will need: @@ -34,7 +33,8 @@ Configuration Options --------------------- - There are several options to ./config to customize the build: + There are several options to ./config (or ./Configure) to customize + the build: --prefix=DIR Install in DIR/bin, DIR/lib, DIR/include/openssl. Configuration files used by OpenSSL will be in DIR/ssl @@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ --openssldir=DIR Directory for OpenSSL files. If no prefix is specified, the library files and binaries are also installed there. - rsaref Build with RSADSI's RSAREF toolkit (this assumes that - librsaref.a is in the library search path). - no-threads Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded applications. @@ -53,6 +50,12 @@ This will usually require additional system-dependent options! See "Note on multi-threading" below. + no-shared Don't try to create shared libraries. + + shared In addition to the usual static libraries, create shared + libraries on platforms where it's supported. See "Note on + shared libraries" below. + no-asm Do not use assembler code. 386 Use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code is @@ -118,9 +121,12 @@ OpenSSL binary ("openssl"). The libraries will be built in the top-level directory, and the binary will be in the "apps" directory. - If "make" fails, please report the problem to - (note that your message will be forwarded to a public mailing list). - Include the output of "make report" in your message. + If "make" fails, look at the output. There may be reasons for + the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like missing + standard headers). If it is a problem with OpenSSL itself, please + report the problem to (note that your + message will be forwarded to a public mailing list). Include the + output of "make report" in your message. [If you encounter assembler error messages, try the "no-asm" configuration option as an immediate fix.] @@ -132,10 +138,13 @@ $ make test - If a test fails, try removing any compiler optimization flags from - the CFLAGS line in Makefile.ssl and run "make clean; make". Please - send a bug report to , including the - output of "make report". + If a test fails, look at the output. There may be reasons for + the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like a missing + or malfunctioning bc). If it is a problem with OpenSSL itself, + try removing any compiler optimization flags from the CFLAGS line + in Makefile.ssl and run "make clean; make". Please send a bug + report to , including the output of + "make report". 4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with @@ -253,3 +262,14 @@ you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message from the Configure script.) + + Note on shared libraries + ------------------------ + + For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what is needed to + build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems, + the shared libraries are currently not created by default, but giving + the option "shared" will get them created. This method supports Makefile + targets for shared library creation, like linux-shared. Those targets + can currently be used on their own just as well, but this is expected + to change in future versions of OpenSSL.