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[intel]

I have openssl in my home dir. I installed the patch and want to compile the eggdrop but when I do ./configure I get
configure: error: OpenSSL was not found. Please supply a pathname to OpenSSL

How to I tell it where openssl is? I tried
export PATH=$PATH:/home/intel/openssl-0.9.8g

TIA

[nml375]

The configure-script does not use the path-setting for searching for various libraries, but rather checks "common" locations. In the case where the library-files are installed elsewhere, such as in your case, you'll have to use options such as --with-ssl=/path/to/ssl/

You'll probably also have to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH env. to include the same directory whenever you attempt to start your eggie, unless you link the libraries statically.
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[intel]

Can you tell me how to do that? If I do whereis openssl I get:
openssl: /usr/bin/openssl /usr/X11R6/bin/openssl /usr/bin/X11/openssl /usr/include/openssl /usr/share/man/man1/openssl.1ssl.gz


Thanks

[nml375]

Thought you said you installed openssl in your home directory?

Anyway, given the info provided in your first post, you'd have to add this option:
--with-ssl=/home/intel/openssl-0.9.8g/
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