INSTALLATION ON THE UNIX PLATFORM
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- [For instructions for compiling OpenSSL on Windows systems, see INSTALL.W32].
+ [See INSTALL.W32 for instructions for compiling OpenSSL on Windows systems,
+ and INSTALL.VMS for installing on OpenVMS systems.]
To install OpenSSL, you will need:
$ make test
$ make install
- [If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.
- During "./config", you will see the message
- c_rehash: rehashing skipped ('openssl' program not available).
- This is inevitable at that stage and does not indicate any error.]
+ [If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.]
This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is (for
historical reasons) /usr/local/ssl. If you want to install it anywhere else,
certs Initially empty, this is the default location
for certificate files.
- lib Contains the OpenSSL configuration file "openssl.cnf".
misc Various scripts.
private Initially empty, this is the default location
for private key files.