Php – How to solve `configure: error: Cannot find OpenSSL’s `

Here are the steps that I have done to successfully build and install the Apache httpd-2.4.10 and OpenSSL openssl-1.0.1j on Solaris 10.

1. Download following software
   openssl-1.0.1j.tar.gz
   httpd-2.4.10.tar.gz
   apr-1.5.1.tar.gz
   apr-util-1.5.4.tar.gz
   pcre-8.36.tar.gz

2. Verify Make and CC
   By default gcc is at /usr/sfw/bin/gcc and make is at /usr/ccs/bin/make

   Include following in the PATH
   usr/local/ssl/bin:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ccs/bin

   Include following in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   /usr/local/lib:/usr/local/ssl/lib

3. Build and install openssl-1.0.1j
   Unzip and un-tar openssl-1.0.1j.tar.gz to /usr/local/openssl-1.0.1j
   Execute following commands in order. The shared parameter is very important so that it can be linked with httpd-2.4.10 build for SSL enabling.

   $ cd /usr/local/openssl-1.0.1j
   $ ./config shared
   $ make
   $ make test
   $ make install
   

   By default it installs openssl at /usr/local/ssl

4. Install pcre-8.36 Unzip and un-tar pcre-8.36.tar.gz to /usr/local/ pcre-8.36

   Execute following commands in order

   $ cd /usr/local/ pcre-8.36
   $ ./configure 
   $ make
   $ make install
   

   By default, make install installs the package's commands under /usr/local/bin, include files under /usr/local/include, etc.

5. Build and install httpd-2.4.10

   Unzip and un-tar httpd-2.4.10.tar.gz to /usr/local/httpd-2.4.10

   Unzip and un-tar apr-1.5.1.tar.gz to /usr/local/httpd-2.4.10/srclib
   Rename /usr/local/apr-1.5.1 to /usr/local/apr

   Unzip and un-tar apr-util-1.5.4.tar.gz to /usr/local/httpd-2.4.10/srclib
   Rename /usr/local/apr-util to /usr/local/apr-util

   Execute following commands in order

   $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache2 --with-included-apr --enable-so –enable-ssl=shared --with-ssl=/usr/local/ssl
   $ make
   $ make install
   

   It installs it at /usr/local/apache2

The installation is complete. To enable SSL and Proxy, update /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf with uncommentting following lines

LoadModule socache_shmcb_module modules/mod_socache_shmcb.so

LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_connect_module modules/mod_proxy_connect.so
LoadModule proxy_ftp_module modules/mod_proxy_ftp.so
LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so
LoadModule proxy_fcgi_module modules/mod_proxy_fcgi.so
LoadModule proxy_scgi_module modules/mod_proxy_scgi.so
LoadModule proxy_wstunnel_module modules/mod_proxy_wstunnel.so
LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so
LoadModule proxy_balancer_module modules/mod_proxy_balancer.so
LoadModule proxy_express_module modules/mod_proxy_express.so

LoadModule slotmem_shm_module modules/mod_slotmem_shm.so
LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so

Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf

Now you can work on httpd-ssl.conf as you usually do to complete your configuration

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