Commit d00209a3 authored by Matt Caswell's avatar Matt Caswell
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Clarify the INSTALL instructions 



Ensure users understand that they need to have appropriate permissions
to write to the install location.

Reviewed-by: default avatarMatthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarPaul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9268)

(cherry picked from commit 7c03bb9fff02b7f08d4654f51f8667584a92cf72)
parent 728f9449

INSTALL

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@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ 
    $ nmake test

    $ nmake install



 Note that in order to perform the install step above you need to have

 appropriate permissions to write to the installation directory.



 If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.



 This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is:
@@ -107,6 +110,12 @@ 
           OpenSSL version number with underscores instead of periods.

  Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL



 The installation directory should be appropriately protected to ensure

 unprivileged users cannot make changes to OpenSSL binaries or files, or install

 engines. If you already have a pre-installed version of OpenSSL as part of

 your Operating System it is recommended that you do not overwrite the system

 version and instead install to somewhere else.



 If you want to install it anywhere else, run config like this:



  On Unix:
@@ -908,8 +917,11 @@ 
       $ mms install                                    ! OpenVMS

       $ nmake install                                  # Windows



     This will install all the software components in this directory

     tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its

     Note that in order to perform the install step above you need to have

     appropriate permissions to write to the installation directory.



     The above commands will install all the software components in this

     directory tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its

     default):



       Unix:
@@ -965,6 +977,12 @@ 
                        for private key files.

         misc           Various scripts.



     The installation directory should be appropriately protected to ensure

     unprivileged users cannot make changes to OpenSSL binaries or files, or

     install engines. If you already have a pre-installed version of OpenSSL as

     part of your Operating System it is recommended that you do not overwrite

     the system version and instead install to somewhere else.



     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