On 20 Mar 2003 at 11:50, Robert Lagana wrote: > Linux 7.2 RedHat > Pentium > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 11:45 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: openssl upgrade > > > On 20 Mar 2003 at 11:34, Robert Lagana wrote: > > > > > On a linux 7.2 system, would it be easy to upgrade the current version of > > OpenSSL to the most recent? > > Are there any directions for this? > > > > Thanks > > linux 7.2 what? (RedHat, SuSE, etc.) > > Aloha => Beau; >
Hi - It should not be too hard (but I am not using RedHat): 1) read http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html Note the RedHat sections. 2) download the latest (0.9.7a) to some dir (I use something like /usr/local/src/openssl). 3) untar it and check its signature (see faq). 4) read the following in the expanded dir: FAQ and INSTALL and/or INSTALL.whatever 5) make you choices and do a ./config --whatever=whatever \ ... make make test 6) if OK, you have proved you can get openssl compiled and tested from source. 7) now is the tricky part; examine your current installed openssl, determine it's location, and, if you are sure you know what's what, remove it with rpm (man rpm if ?s). I assume you can always revert to the RedHat version by re-installing the 'official' RedHat openssl rpm. (I hope you are doing this on a test machine.) 8) make location changes (prefix=....) (if necessary) and repeat from step 4. 9) make install and ldconfig. 10)test and, etc. Aloha => Beau; PS: please remember that every distro has it's own quirks; you eventually will have to fight through them on your own - and, yes, it gets easier and easier as you install more and more packages. Good luck! ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
