# Openssl depencies for nginx

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openssl-depencies-for-nginx/221835>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [August 1, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openssl-depencies-for-nginx/221835 "2012-08-01T16:00:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openssl-depencies-for-nginx/221835/1 "2012-08-01T16:00:18Z")

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Hi,

I’ve noticed that once ‘–with-openssl’ is specified as parameter to  
‘./configure’ it takes ages to build nginx (which is depending on  
openssl build really, not nginx). However there’s a little  
changerequest on how nginx could install the openssl depency: openssl  
does provide a `make install_sw` command which does not install all  
that man-stuff which isn’t needed anyway.

for the record - from an already compiled version:  
lb01# time make install\_sw  
[…]  
real 0m3.073s  
user 0m0.252s  
sys 0m1.924s  
lb01# time make install  
[…]  
real 1m30.423s  
user 0m26.846s  
sys 1m0.440s  
lb01#

Regards,  
Chris

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**Author:** ![SSChristian\_BSSnnin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@SSChristian\_BSSnnin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSChristian_BSSnnin)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openssl-depencies-for-nginx/221835/2 "2012-08-01T16:33:00Z")

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Hello!

On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 03:59:45PM +0200, Christian Bönning wrote:

> I’ve noticed that once ‘–with-openssl’ is specified as parameter to  
> ‘./configure’ it takes ages to build nginx (which is depending on  
> openssl build really, not nginx). However there’s a little  
> changerequest on how nginx could install the openssl depency: openssl  
> does provide a `make install_sw` command which does not install all  
> that man-stuff which isn’t needed anyway.

Yep, I’ve looked into install\_sw a while ago, it looks much faster.  
Unfortunately, “install\_sw” target isn’t available in OpenSSL  
0.9.7 (which is the minimum OpenSSL version as supported by nginx  
now).

Maxim D.