Commit 9bd2cd74 authored by Richard Levitte's avatar Richard Levitte
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Better clarification on perl

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INSTALL.W32

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 INSTALLATION ON THE WIN32 PLATFORM

 INSTALLATION ON THE WIN32 PLATFORM

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 Heres a few comments about building OpenSSL in Windows environments. Most of

 Heres a few comments about building OpenSSL in Windows environments.  Most

 this is tested on Win32 but it may also work in Win 3.1 with some

 of this is tested on Win32 but it may also work in Win 3.1 with some

 modification.

 modification.





 You need Perl for Win32 -- either ActiveState Perl, available from

 You need Perl for Win32.  Unless you will build on CygWin32, you will need

 http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl, or the perl that comes with

 ActiveState Perl, available from http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl.

 Cygwin.  Version 5.6.1-2 of the latter has been reported to work,

 For CygWin32 users, there's more info in the CygWin32 section.

 although earlier versions might cause `./Configure' to fail.





 and one of the following C compilers:

 and one of the following C compilers:
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 * Install CygWin32 (see http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin)

 * Install CygWin32 (see http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin)





 * Install Perl and ensure it is in the path (recent Cygwin perl or

 * Install Perl and ensure it is in the path (recent Cygwin perl 

   (version 5.6.1-2 of the latter has been reported to work) or

   ActivePerl)

   ActivePerl)





 * Run the CygWin bash shell

 * Run the CygWin bash shell
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 Installation

 Installation

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 There's currently no real installation procedure for Win32.  There are,

 If you used the CygWin procedure above, you have already installed and

 however, some suggestions:

 can skip this section.  For all other procedures, there's currently no real

 installation procedure for Win32.  There are, however, some suggestions:





    - do nothing.  The include files are found in the inc32/ subdirectory,

    - do nothing.  The include files are found in the inc32/ subdirectory,

      all binaries are found in out32dll/ or out32/ depending if you built

      all binaries are found in out32dll/ or out32/ depending if you built