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Clarify the INSTALL instructions

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Ensure users understand that they need to have appropriate permissions
to write to the install location.

Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9268)

(cherry picked from commit 7c03bb9fff)
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Matt Caswell 2019-06-28 12:07:55 +01:00
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INSTALL
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@ -98,6 +98,9 @@
$ 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:
@ -107,6 +110,12 @@
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:
@ -908,8 +917,11 @@
$ 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:
@ -965,6 +977,12 @@
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