Installing OpenSSH / OpenSSL

Hello,

I'm trying to install openssh3.4 over an existing version of 2.9 on Red Hat.

I tried to install it with the command: ./configure --with-ssl-dir=/usr/local/openssl however I am getting a message:

configure: error: Your OpenSSL headers do not match your library

So I decided to upgrade my version of OpenSSL from 0.9.6b to 0.9.6d with the command: ./config no-idea no-rc5 shared --openssldir=/usr/local/openssl (as this was the config used by my ISP when originally installing)

This upgraded fine by checking openssl --version.

However when I configure openssh3.4 I still get the message that the headers do not match the library. I then deleted the contents of /usr/local/openssl/lib/openssl/, i.e. all the .h files. Then repeated the install, but still to no avail.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks!

Using /usr/local/openssl as the PREFIX was a bad choice in the first place the last time you installed it.

You may want to search the FreeBSD ports tree for security/openssh-portable/Makefile and see how it should be installed the correct way.

Hi,

That doesn't answer my question as to why there is a header file problem, but point taken I will have a look.

What do you mean by "search the FreeBSD ports tree for security/openssh-portable/Makefile "?

Ta

>> That doesn't answer my question as to why there is a header file problem

Why not? Your files are all over the places. configure might locate the wrong header file that you are not aware of.

>> What do you mean by "search the FreeBSD ports tree

Because we don't install files all over the places, thus, having a consistent filesytem hierachy. You can connect to FreeBSD site and locate that Makefile, just to get an idea what configure options should you specify.