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| 2 | + NOTES FOR UNIX LIKE PLATFORMS |
| 3 | + ============================= |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | + For Unix/POSIX runtime systems on Windows, please see NOTES.WIN. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | + Shared libraries and installation in non-standard locations |
| 9 | + ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | + Binaries on Unix variants expect to find shared libraries in standard |
| 12 | + locations, such as /usr/lib, /usr/local/lib and some other locations |
| 13 | + configured in the system (for example /etc/ld.so.conf on some systems). |
| 14 | + If the libraries are installed in non-standard locations, binaries |
| 15 | + will not find them and therefore fail to run unless they get a bit of |
| 16 | + help from a defined RPATH or RUNPATH. This can be applied by adding |
| 17 | + the appropriate linker flags to the configuration command, such as |
| 18 | + this (/usr/local/ssl was the default location for OpenSSL installation |
| 19 | + in versions before 1.1.0): |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | + $ ./config --prefix=/usr/local/ssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl \ |
| 22 | + -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/ssl/lib |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | + Because the actual library location may vary further (for example on |
| 25 | + multilib installations), there is a convenience variable in Makefile |
| 26 | + that holds the exact installation directory and that can be used like |
| 27 | + this: |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | + $ ./config --prefix=/usr/local/ssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl \ |
| 30 | + -Wl,-rpath,'$(LIBRPATH)' |
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