openssl/INSTALL
Richard Levitte 5bb9e2b48b Tweak some more information in INSTALL
The summary on how to add configs and how Makefile et al wasn't quite
correct any more.

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INSTALLATION ON THE UNIX PLATFORM
---------------------------------
[Installation on DOS (with djgpp), Windows, MacOS (before MacOS X)
and NetWare is described in INSTALL.DJGPP, INSTALL.WIN, INSTALL.MacOS
and INSTALL.NW.
This document describes installation on the main supported operating
systems, currently the Unix family and OpenVMS.]
To install OpenSSL, you will need:
* make
* Perl 5 with core modules (please read README.PERL)
* The perl module Text::Template (please read README.PERL)
* an ANSI C compiler
* a development environment in form of development libraries and C
header files
* a supported operating system
For more details regarding specific platforms, there are these notes
available:
* NOTES.VMS
Quick Start
-----------
If you want to just get on with it, do:
on Unix:
$ ./config
$ make
$ make test
$ make install
on OpenVMS:
$ @config
$ mms
$ mms test
$ mms install
[If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.]
This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is:
Unix: normal installation directories under /usr/local
OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version'...], where 'version' is the
OpenSSL version number ('major'_'minor').
If you want to install it anywhere else, run config like this:
On Unix:
$ ./config --prefix=/opt/openssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl
On OpenVMS:
$ @config --prefix=PROGRAM:[INSTALLS] --openssldir=SYS$MANAGER:[OPENSSL]
Configuration Options
---------------------
There are several options to ./config (or ./Configure) to customize
the build:
--prefix=DIR The top of the installation directory tree. Defaults are:
Unix: /usr/local
OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version']
--openssldir=DIR Directory for OpenSSL configuration files, and also the
default certificate and key store. Defaults are:
Unix: PREFIX/ssl (PREFIX is given by --prefix)
OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[SSL]
no-autoalginit Don't automatically load all supported ciphers and digests.
Typically OpenSSL will make available all of its supported
ciphers and digests. For a statically linked application this
may be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
This only affects libcrypto. Ciphers and digests will have to be
loaded manually using EVP_add_cipher() and EVP_add_digest() if
this option is used.
no-autoerrinit Don't automatically load all libcrypto/libssl error strings.
Typically OpenSSL will automatically load human readable error
strings. For a statically linked application this may be
undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
no-threads Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
applications.
threads Build with support for multi-threaded applications.
This will usually require additional system-dependent options!
See "Note on multi-threading" below.
no-zlib Don't try to build with support for zlib compression and
decompression.
zlib Build with support for zlib compression/decompression.
zlib-dynamic Like "zlib", but has OpenSSL load the zlib library dynamically
when needed. This is only supported on systems where loading
of shared libraries is supported. This is the default choice.
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 On Intel hardware, use the 80386 instruction set only
(the default x86 code is more efficient, but requires at
least a 486). Note: Use compiler flags for any other CPU
specific configuration, e.g. "-m32" to build x86 code on
an x64 system.
no-sse2 Exclude SSE2 code pathes. Normally SSE2 extension is
detected at run-time, but the decision whether or not the
machine code will be executed is taken solely on CPU
capability vector. This means that if you happen to run OS
kernel which does not support SSE2 extension on Intel P4
processor, then your application might be exposed to
"illegal instruction" exception. There might be a way
to enable support in kernel, e.g. FreeBSD kernel can be
compiled with CPU_ENABLE_SSE, and there is a way to
disengage SSE2 code pathes upon application start-up,
but if you aim for wider "audience" running such kernel,
consider no-sse2. Both 386 and no-asm options above imply
no-sse2.
no-<cipher> Build without the specified cipher (bf, cast, des, dh, dsa,
hmac, md2, md5, mdc2, rc2, rc4, rc5, rsa, sha).
The crypto/<cipher> directory can be removed after running
"make depend".
-Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -mXXX, -Kxxx These system specific options will
be passed through to the compiler to allow you to
define preprocessor symbols, specify additional libraries,
library directories or other compiler options.
Installation in Detail
----------------------
1a. Configure OpenSSL for your operation system automatically:
$ ./config [options] # Unix
or
$ @config [options] ! OpenVMS
For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
This guesses at your operating system (and compiler, if necessary) and
configures OpenSSL based on this guess. Run ./config -t to see
if it guessed correctly. If you want to use a different compiler, you
are cross-compiling for another platform, or the ./config guess was
wrong for other reasons, go to step 1b. Otherwise go to step 2.
On some systems, you can include debugging information as follows:
$ ./config -d [options]
1b. Configure OpenSSL for your operating system manually
OpenSSL knows about a range of different operating system, hardware and
compiler combinations. To see the ones it knows about, run
$ ./Configure # Unix
or
$ perl Configure # All other platforms
For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
Pick a suitable name from the list that matches your system. For most
operating systems there is a choice between using "cc" or "gcc". When
you have identified your system (and if necessary compiler) use this name
as the argument to Configure. For example, a "linux-elf" user would
run:
$ ./Configure linux-elf [options]
If your system isn't listed, you will have to create a configuration
file named Configurations/{something}.conf and add the correct
configuration for your system. See the available configs as examples
and read Configurations/README and Configurations/README.design for
more information.
The generic configurations "cc" or "gcc" should usually work on 32 bit
Unix-like systems.
Configure creates a build file ("Makefile" on Unix and "descrip.mms"
on OpenVMS) from a suitable template in Configurations, and
defines various macros in crypto/opensslconf.h (generated from
crypto/opensslconf.h.in).
1c. Configure OpenSSL for building outside of the source tree.
OpenSSL can be configured to build in a build directory separate from
the directory with the source code. It's done by placing yourself in
some other directory and invoking the configuration commands from
there.
Unix example:
$ mkdir /var/tmp/openssl-build
$ cd /var/tmp/openssl-build
$ /PATH/TO/OPENSSL/SOURCE/config [options]
or
$ /PATH/TO/OPENSSL/SOURCE/Configure [target] [options]
OpenVMS example:
$ set default sys$login:
$ create/dir [.tmp.openssl-build]
$ set default [.tmp.openssl-build]
$ @[PATH.TO.OPENSSL.SOURCE]config {options}
or
$ @[PATH.TO.OPENSSL.SOURCE]Configure {target} {options}
Paths can be relative just as well as absolute. Configure will
do its best to translate them to relative paths whenever possible.
2. Build OpenSSL by running:
$ make # Unix
$ mms ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
This will build the OpenSSL libraries (libcrypto.a and libssl.a on
Unix, corresponding on other platforms) and the OpenSSL binary
("openssl"). The libraries will be built in the top-level directory,
and the binary will be in the "apps" subdirectory.
If the build fails, look at the output. There may be reasons for
the failure that aren't problems in OpenSSL itself (like missing
standard headers). If it is a problem with OpenSSL itself, please
report the problem to <rt@openssl.org> (note that your message
will be recorded in the request tracker publicly readable at
https://www.openssl.org/community/index.html#bugs and will be
forwarded to a public mailing list). Include the output of "make
report" in your message. Please check out the request tracker. Maybe
the bug was already reported or has already been fixed.
[If you encounter assembler error messages, try the "no-asm"
configuration option as an immediate fix.]
Compiling parts of OpenSSL with gcc and others with the system
compiler will result in unresolved symbols on some systems.
3. After a successful build, the libraries should be tested. Run:
$ make test # Unix
$ mms test ! OpenVMS
If some tests fail, look at the output. There may be reasons for
the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like a
malfunction with Perl). You may want increased verbosity, that
can be accomplished like this:
$ HARNESS_VERBOSE=yes make test # Unix
$ DEFINE HARNESS_VERBOSE YES
$ mms test ! OpenVMS
If you want to run just one or a few specific tests, you can use
the make variable TESTS to specify them, like this:
$ make TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test # Unix
$ mms/macro="TESTS=test_rsa test_dsa" test ! OpenVMS
And of course, you can combine (Unix example shown):
$ HARNESS_VERBOSE=yes make TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test
You can find the list of available tests like this:
$ make list-tests # Unix
$ mms list-tests ! OpenVMS
Have a look at the manual for the perl module Test::Harness to
see what other HARNESS_* variables there are.
If you find a problem with OpenSSL itself, try removing any
compiler optimization flags from the CFLAGS line in Makefile and
run "make clean; make" or corresponding.
Please send a bug report to <openssl-bugs@openssl.org>, and when
you do, please run the following and include the output in your
report:
$ make report
4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with
$ make install # Unix
$ mms install ! OpenVMS
This will install all the software components in this directory
tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its
default):
Unix:
bin/ Contains the openssl binary and a few other
utility scripts.
include/openssl
Contains the header files needed if you want
to build your own programs that use libcrypto
or libssl.
lib Contains the OpenSSL library files.
lib/engines Contains the OpenSSL dynamically loadable engines.
share/man/{man1,man3,man5,man7}
Contains the OpenSSL man-pages.
share/doc/openssl/html{man1,man3,man5,man7}
Contains the HTML rendition of the man-pages.
OpenVMS ('arch' is replaced with the architecture name, "Alpha"
or "ia64"):
[.EXE.'arch'] Contains the openssl binary and a few other
utility scripts.
[.include.openssl]
Contains the header files needed if you want
to build your own programs that use libcrypto
or libssl.
[.LIB.'arch'] Contains the OpenSSL library files.
[.ENGINES.'arch']
Contains the OpenSSL dynamically loadable engines.
[.SYS$STARTUP] Contains startup, login and shutdown scripts.
These define appropriate logical names and
command symbols.
Additionally, install will add the following directories under
OPENSSLDIR (the directory given with --openssldir or its default)
for you convenience:
certs Initially empty, this is the default location
for certificate files.
private Initially empty, this is the default location
for private key files.
misc Various scripts.
Package builders who want to configure the library for standard
locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
it can easily be packaged, can use
$ make DESTDIR=/tmp/package-root install # Unix
$ mms/macro="DESTDIR=TMP:[PACKAGE-ROOT]" install ! OpenVMS
The specified destination directory will be prepended to all
installation target paths.
Compatibility issues with previous OpenSSL versions:
* COMPILING existing applications
OpenSSL 1.1 hides a number of structures that were previously
open. This includes all internal libssl structures and a number
of EVP types. Accessor functions have been added to allow
controlled access to the structures' data.
This means that some software needs to be rewritten to adapt to
the new ways of doing things. This often amounts to allocating
an instance of a structure explicitly where you could previously
allocate them on the stack as automatic variables, and using the
provided accessor functions where you would previously access a
structure's field directly.
<TBA>
Some APIs have changed as well. However, older APIs have been
preserved when possible.
Note on multi-threading
-----------------------
For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what compiler options
are needed to generate a library that is suitable for multi-threaded
applications. On these systems, support for multi-threading is enabled
by default; use the "no-threads" option to disable (this should never be
necessary).
On other systems, to enable support for multi-threading, you will have
to specify at least two options: "threads", and a system-dependent option.
(The latter is "-D_REENTRANT" on various systems.) The default in this
case, obviously, is not to include support for multi-threading (but
you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message
from the Configure script.)
OpenSSL provides built-in support for two threading models: pthreads (found on
most UNIX/Linux systems), and Windows threads. No other threading models are
supported. If your platform does not provide pthreads or Windows threads then
you should Configure with the "no-threads" option.
Note on shared libraries
------------------------
Shared libraries have certain caveats. Binary backward compatibility
can't be guaranteed before OpenSSL version 1.0. The only reason to
use them would be to conserve memory on systems where several programs
are using OpenSSL.
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.
Note on random number generation
--------------------------------
Availability of cryptographically secure random numbers is required for
secret key generation. OpenSSL provides several options to seed the
internal PRNG. If not properly seeded, the internal PRNG will refuse
to deliver random bytes and a "PRNG not seeded error" will occur.
On systems without /dev/urandom (or similar) device, it may be necessary
to install additional support software to obtain random seed.
Please check out the manual pages for RAND_add(), RAND_bytes(), RAND_egd(),
and the FAQ for more information.