Cannot find libcrypto library error

Question

When i am trying to compile a C code which uses openssl \'crypto\' library functions with comand line -lcrypto with gcc 4.4.3 it gives

Answer 1

This might be relevant for people who tried to build their own openssl from source and then use it to compile other programs (in my case Git)

During configuration of openssl, add 'shared' option:

./config shared

This will create the required shared library libcrypto.so. You'll find more in the INSTALL file.

Also, if you run into this error during 'make'

"....can not be used when making a shared object

recompile with -fPIC

./config shared -fPIC