Clarify the INSTALL instructions
Ensure users understand that they need to have appropriate permissions
to write to the install location.
$ 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:
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:
$ 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:
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
