sudo apt install libssl-dev
More info: https://linuxtect.com/how-to-install-openssl-libraries-on-ubuntu-debian-mint/
I found a detailed solution here: Install OpenSSL Manually On Linux
From the blog post...:
Steps to download, compile, and install are as follows (I'm installing version 1.0.1g below; please replace "1.0.1g" with your version number):
Step – 1 : Downloading OpenSSL:
Run the command as below :
$ wget http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz
Also, download the MD5 hash to verify the integrity of the downloaded file for just varifacation purpose. In the same folder where you have downloaded the OpenSSL file from the website :
$ wget http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz.md5
$ md5sum openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz
$ cat openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz.md5
Step – 2 : Extract files from the downloaded package:
$ tar -xvzf openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz
Now, enter the directory where the package is extracted like here is openssl-1.0.1g
$ cd openssl-1.0.1g
Step – 3 : Configuration OpenSSL
Run below command with optional condition to set prefix and directory where you want to copy files and folder.
$ ./config --prefix=/usr/local/openssl --openssldir=/usr/local/openssl
You can replace “/usr/local/openssl” with the directory path where you want to copy the files and folders. But make sure while doing this steps check for any error message on terminal.
Step – 4 : Compiling OpenSSL
To compile openssl you will need to run 2 command : make, make install as below :
$ make
Note: check for any error message for verification purpose.
Step -5 : Installing OpenSSL:
$ sudo make install
Or without sudo,
$ make install
That’s it. OpenSSL has been successfully installed. You can run the version command to see if it worked or not as below :
$ /usr/local/openssl/bin/openssl version
OpenSSL 1.0.1g 7 Apr 2014
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How could I have figured that out for
myself (other than asking this
question here)? Can I somehow tell
apt-get to list all packages, and grep
for ssl? Or do I need to know the
"lib*-dev" naming convention?
If you're linking with -lfoo then the library is likely libfoo.so. The library itself is probably part of the libfoo package, and the headers are in the libfoo-dev package as you've discovered.
Some people use the GUI "synaptic" app (sudo synaptic) to (locate and) install packages, but I prefer to use the command line. One thing that makes it easier to find the right package from the command line is the fact that apt-get supports bash completion.
Try typing sudo apt-get install libssl and then hit tab to see a list of matching package names (which can help when you need to select the correct version of a package that has multiple versions or other variations available).
Bash completion is actually very useful... for example, you can also get a list of commands that apt-get supports by typing sudo apt-get and then hitting tab.
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Another way to install openssl library from source code on Ubuntu, follows steps below, here WORKDIR is your working directory:
sudo apt-get install pkg-config
cd WORKDIR
git clone https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git
cd openssl
./config
sudo make install
# Open file /etc/ld.so.conf, add a new line: "/usr/local/lib" at EOF
sudo ldconfig
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As a general rule, when on Debian or Ubuntu and you're missing a development file (or any other file for that matter), use apt-file to figure out which package provides that file:
~ apt-file search openssl/bio.h
android-libboringssl-dev: /usr/include/android/openssl/bio.h
libssl-dev: /usr/include/openssl/bio.h
libwolfssl-dev: /usr/include/cyassl/openssl/bio.h
libwolfssl-dev: /usr/include/wolfssl/openssl/bio.h
A quick glance at each of the packages that are returned by the command, using apt show will tell you which among the packages is the one you're looking for:
~ apt show libssl-dev
Package: libssl-dev
Version: 1.1.1d-2
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: openssl
Maintainer: Debian OpenSSL Team <pkg-openssl-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Installed-Size: 8,095 kB
Depends: libssl1.1 (= 1.1.1d-2)
Suggests: libssl-doc
Conflicts: libssl1.0-dev
Homepage: https://www.openssl.org/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::TODO, implemented-in::c,
protocol::ssl, role::devel-lib, security::cryptography
Download-Size: 1,797 kB
APT-Sources: http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
Description: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development files
This package is part of the OpenSSL project's implementation of the SSL
and TLS cryptographic protocols for secure communication over the
Internet.
It contains development libraries, header files, and manpages for libssl
and libcrypto.
N: There is 1 additional record. Please use the '-a' switch to see it
Go to the official website and download the source code for the version you need
Then unzip the update package and execute the following command
./config --prefix=/usr/local/ssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/ssl/lib shared
Because the default is to generate only static libraries, if you want dynamic libraries, add the "shared" option
make && make install
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