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Installing OpenSSL

OpenSSL is commercial grade, open source, toolkit that implements Secure Socket Layer and Transport Layer Security

This page will walk you through installing OpenSSL on your computer.

Open SSL readme file

1. You will first need to download the source code.
2. Now, move the file that you just downloaded to a system-wide directory by typing:

   mv  openssl-0.9.6b.tar.gz  /usr/local/src/.

3. You will now need to su to root on your computer with your root password.
4. Next, change directory to the system-wide source code directory with the following command:

   cd  /usr/local/src

5. Now, to uncompress and unpack the source code, use the following command:

   tar  zxvf  openssl-0.9.6b.tar.gz

6. Now, change directory into the source code by typing:

   cd  openssl-0.9.6b/

7. The first step now is to run the configuration script. This can be simply done by:

   ./config

8. To compile the source code, you will need to type:

   make

   Note: This process will probably take a while depending on the speed of your computer.

9. You need to test the encryption capabilities by issuing the following command:

   make  test

10. Once your code has been compiled, to install it on your system, issue the following command:

    make  install

11. Once your application has been installed, you may wish to remove temporary files that were created by the compiler to save yourself disk space. This can be done with:

    make  clean