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		INSTALLATION ON THE UNIX PLATFORM
		---------------------------------
		OPENSSL INSTALLATION
		--------------------

		[Installation on DOS (with djgpp), Windows, MacOS (before MacOS X)
		[Installation on DOS (with djgpp), MacOS (before MacOS X)
		and NetWare is described in INSTALL.DJGPP, INSTALL.MacOS
		and INSTALL.NW.

		This document describes installation on the main supported operating
		systems, currently the Unix family and OpenVMS.]
		systems, currently the Linux/Unix family, OpenVMS and Windows.]

		To install OpenSSL, you will need:

		@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
		* 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
		* a development environment in the form of development libraries and C
		header files
		* a supported operating system

		@@ -87,34 +87,44 @@
		Unix: PREFIX/ssl (PREFIX is given by --prefix)
		OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[SSL]

		--api=x.y.z Don't build with support for deprecated APIs below the
		specified version number. For example "--api=1.1.0" will
		remove support for all APIS that were deprecated in OpenSSL
		version 1.1.0 or below.

		no-deprecated Don't build with support for any deprecated APIs. This is the
		same as using "--api" and supplying the latest version
		number.

		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.
		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.
		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.
		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.
		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.

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		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".
		no-<alg> Build without the specified algorithm (bf, cast, des, dh,
		dsa, hmac, md2, md5, mdc2, rc2, rc4, rc5, rsa, sha).

		-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.
		-Dxxx, -lxxx, These system specific options will be passed through to the
		-Lxxx, -fxxx, compiler to allow you to define preprocessor symbols, specify
		-mXXX, -Kxxx additional libraries, library directories or other compiler
		options.


		Installation in Detail
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		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.
		forwarded to a public mailing list). 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.]
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		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
		Please send a bug reports to <rt@openssl.org>.

		4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with

		@@ -352,7 +356,7 @@
		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}
		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"
		@@ -443,13 +447,10 @@
		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
		For most 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.
		the option "shared" will get them created.

		Note on random number generation
		--------------------------------

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