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Please read the OpenSSL documentation on how to compile and install
the OpenSSL library. This generates the libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll
- files.
+ files in the out32dll subdirectory in the OpenSSL home directory. If
+ you compiled OpenSSL static libraries (libeay32.lib, ssleay32.lib,
+ RSAglue.lib) they are created in the out32 subdirectory.
Run the 'vcvars32.bat' file to get the proper environment variables
- set. Edit the makefile.vc6 in the lib directory and define
- OPENSSL_PATH. Set the location of the OpenSSL library and run 'nmake
- vc-ssl' in the root directory.
-
- The vcvars32.bat file is part of the Microsoft development
- environment.
+ set. The vcvars32.bat file is part of the Microsoft development
+ environment and you may find it in 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
+ Studio\vc98\bin' if you installed Visual C/C++ 6 in the default
+ directory.
+
+ Before running nmake define the OPENSSL_PATH environment variable with
+ the root/base directory of OpenSSL, for example:
+
+ set OPENSSL_PATH=c:\openssl-0.9.6b
+
+ Then run 'nmake vc-ssl' or 'nmake vc-ssl-dll' in the curl's root
+ directory. 'nmake vc-ssl' will create a libcurl static and dynamic
+ libraries in the lib subdirectory, as well as a statically linked
+ version of curl.exe in the scr subdirectory. This statically linked
+ version is a standalone executable not requiring any DLL at
+ runtime. This making method requires that you have build the static
+ libraries of OpenSSL available in OpenSSL's out32 subdirectory.
+ 'nmake vc-ssl-dll' creates the libcurl dynamic library and
+ links curl.exe against libcurl and OpenSSL dynamically.
+ This executables requires libcurl.dll and the OpenSSL DLLs
+ at runtime.
Microsoft / Borland style
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