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Installing OpenSSL

1. Get the latest version of the OpenSSL from http://www.openssl.org/source/. Download the Unix tar-ed and gzip-ed file under the heading "Tarball." For example, download the file openssl-0.9.6a.tar.gz.

2. Put the distribution file in a directory that can be used to build the OpenSSL libraries. In our installation instructions, we use /usr/local/. The default installation process installs OpenSSL in /usr/local/ssl. To use /usr/local/, log in as the root user of the Linux installation; in any case, root access is required in Step 5 to install in the default location.

3. Uncompress and un-tar the distribution file in the new installation directory using gzip and tar. If the version downloaded was 0.9.6a, the commands are:

   % gzip -d openssl-0.9.6a.tar.gz
   % tar xvf openssl-0.9.6a.tar
   

   The distribution files are listed as they are extracted from the tar file.

4. Change the directory to the openssl source directory, run the config script, and then make the installation. Assuming the version downloaded is 0.9.6a, the commands are:

   % cd openssl-0.9.6a
   % ./config
   % make
   % make test
   

   To install OpenSSL in a directory other than /usr/local/ssl, run config with the openssldir=<directory-path> directive.

5. Build the install binaries of SSL. To do this, log in as the root user, and then run the make install script:

   % make install
   
   

   This creates an installation of SSL in the directory/usr/local/ssl.

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