CMake not able to find OpenSSL library

Question

I am trying to install a software, which uses cmake to install itself, when i give at commandlin cmake ..
it gives me following error in this file, CMakeLists.txt -----

Answer 1

I had the same problem (openssl) and this worked for me on Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS. The solution is the same up to Ubuntu 18.04 (tested).

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev