BuildingOpenSSL

Building OpenSSL with mingw-w64

OpenSSL is an encryption library used in many open source projects to provide stuff like HTTPS, ...

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There is a prebuilt package available from the mingw-w64 downloads section, no need to build it yourself.

How to Build

• set up mingw-w64: [GeneralUsageInstructions]
• set up MSYS: [MSYS]
• get OpenSSL (v1.0.0 or later): http://openssl.org/source/

• in the source directory from the MSYS shell:

  configure mingw64 [zlib[-shared]] [--prefix=/some/prefix]
  

  • add zlib if you have zlib installed (there is a package in the External Binary Packages section in the mingw-w64 Downloads section.
  • Add zlib-shared if you want to link with the zlib DLL.
  • --prefix=/some/prefix will set the install directory

  • type

    make
    make check
    make install